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This week on Weekends with Yankee, senior food editor Amy Traverso explores Rockland, Maine, with chef Jordan Benissan of Me Lon Togo. They start at Rockport Harbor, where Jordan shares his journey from Togo, in West Africa, to coastal Maine. Later, they source chicken from gourmet butcher shop Bleecker & Greer, and head to Me Lon Togo to cook Jordan's mother's peanut chicken stew. The day ends with a party filled with Jordan's musician friends. Heading southwest to Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, adventurer Richard Wiese meets up with former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman as well as local glass artist Josh Simpson, and also hears from Maggie North, the curator of a 50-year retrospective of Josh's work at D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield, Massachusetts. Finally, we make a stop in New Milford, Connecticut, where husband-and-wife team Stacy Kunstel and Michael Partenio make playful and romantic home products, from lighting accents to tables, under the brand Dunes and Duchess. We get an up-close look at their unique designs in their shop and highlight some of their signature pieces.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 703

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About Weekends with Yankee:

WEEKENDS WITH YANKEE is a 13-part travel and lifestyle series named for the long-running publication enjoyed by readers across America for more than 80 years.

With New England among the nation's top tourist destinations, the magazine-style program takes viewers on an insider's exploration of the cities, countryside locales and far-flung places in the quaint and scenic region.

The series is hosted by Richard Wiese, (Born to Explore) , an Emmy Award-winning TV personality, author and explorer who has traveled to all seven continents, participated in two expeditions to Antarctica, and cross-country skied to the North Pole.

Amy Traverso, a senior food editor at Yankee magazine who has appeared on The Martha Stewart Show and the Food Network's Throwdown with Bobby Flay, joins Richard as co-host.

She highlights recipes, local flavors and the sense of community that make up the regions' food and dining scene.

WEEKENDS WITH YANKEE offers an "all-access" behind-the-scenes pass to the unique attractions that define the region, and the hidden New England that only locals know.

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