The cuisine of New England is hearty and rich.

The national dish of New England is of course the lobster. In Maine, lobster is offered at almost every stand-up snack. When the early settlers reached the New England coast, lobsters more than a meter in length were not uncommon.

Fish specialties are clam chowder. Chowder is a “fat” soup made from seafood. Clam Chowder is a traditional New England recipe. Its ingredients include clams (clam is a generic term for hard-shelled venom shells and soft-shelled clams), pork, potatoes, milk and cream. The soup tastes fantastic. The name Clam Chowder comes from the French and means “chaudière”, the name of a pot in which the fishermen prepared their meals.

Then there is the clambake, a baked pot of potatoes, clams, chicken, two-pound, corn, sausage, crab and lobster.

Cod (cod), cod (scrod), haddock, sole, flounder and sea bass are also on the menu.

New England Boiled Dinner is a casserole of beef, potatoes and vegetables.

Boston Baked Beans are the most typical of all Puritan dishes. They are made from dried brown beans cooked with pork and molasses. It is served dark bread.

Boston Cream Pie is a dessert made from custard and chocolate.

Maple syrup is obtained from the juice of the sugar maple tree (Acer Saccarum). In spring, when the daytime temperatures are around 4 degrees Celsius, mostly at light night frosts, the farmer drills holes in the trunk. Then he puts in a pin, through which the juice can drain. After a few hours, the buckets (up to three per tree) are full. It takes about 40 liters of maple juice to produce one liter of maple syrup. It is offered in different grades depending on color and taste.

The cranberry, the red American cowberry is missing on no Thanksgiving board. It is an ideal complement to the turkey dishes. The turkey is a true Native American and is still found today in the forests of the northern states of New England.

The farmer families used to feed themselves with fresh milk and butter from their own cows. Among other things, the milk was processed into cheese. Cheddar cheese was then produced in the English style, which was sealed in large wheels of half a meter in diameter with a wax wrap, cloth and dry bark.

There is a huge selection of beers in New England, as well as in America as well….

In New England there is a continental climate, which means it can get very cold in winter and in summer it is often very humid and warm.

Most rainfall occurs during the cold season. The ideal time to travel can be the time from April to August, even if the high humidity can be a little uncomfortable.

The most beautiful season, however, is the fall of early September to mid-October with the Foliage or Indian Summer.

The deciduous forests show incredible colors at this time of the year.

Because of the high number of visitors from all over the world you should make hotel reservations during this time in any case.

The current weather of New England can also be obtained under New England weather.

The most impressive season in all New England states is autumn, which ranges from early / mid-September to mid / late October. The time span, however, varies every year. One should inform in advance, when to expect the Foliage or Indian Summer. There are enough websites to inform about this. Also in the local radio stations is informed in each case about the current status of the leaves coloring.

The deciduous forests show a blaze of color at this time of the year and New England is teeming with leaf peepers, the foliage tourists. Hotel reservations are highly recommended at this time, otherwise you will get a difficult accommodation. The Berkshires, a mountainous region in the far west of Massachusetts, is one of the strongholds in Indian Summer.

However, Baxter State Park and Moosehead Lake in Maine do not have that many tourists. Many other regions such as the White Mountains in New Hampshire or the Green Mountains in Vermont are particularly worth visiting at this time of the year. However, the exact start date and also the length and intensity of discoloration depends on many factors (e.g., the temperatures and humidity in the spring).

This color splendor is caused by the difference in the cold night temperatures and the relatively warm and sunny daytime temperatures. The discoloration is seen in the diverse tree species of the maple Red Maple and Maple Silver, the oaks Northern Red Oak and Scarlet Oak and others such as Sassafras, Dogwoods, Sweetgum.

Due to the extreme temperature fluctuations, the trees produce a cork-containing substance that blocks the fluid exchange between leaves and branches. As a result, the chlorophyll content of the leaves decreases and the sugar in the leaves makes them bloom in the magnificent colors.

The name “Indian Summer” has been handed down to an ancient Indian legend, according to which the red of the trees symbolizes the blood of an imprisoned bear.

New England is an area in the northeastern United States and as the origin of the English colonization of America too

Colonization of the American continent about 70,000 to 140,000 years ago. However, New England was still uninhabitable until the end of the last ice age, about 12,000 years ago

first sites in New England from about 4000 BC (Fishville – Boylston Street Fish Weir in Boston, Shell Cluster – Ellsworth Falls in Maine)
Indian tribes were: Mahican in Vermont and Massachusetts (= Mohicans, also in the book of J.F. Cooper “The Last Mohawk”)
Around the year 1000 the first Viking advance on the coast of New England took place

In the 16th century various explorers (Giovanni da Verrazano, Jacques Cartier) reach the coast of New England, but do not settle there

At the beginning of the 17th century, various exploratory and exploratory voyages to New England were undertaken by Samuel de Champlain, Adriaen Block, Bartholomew Gosnold and John Smith. John Smith is the name of New England.

In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers reached Mayflower Plymouth by ship and founded the Plymouth Plantation

1630 John Winthrop founds Salem, the leading center of New England Puritanism

1635 Founding of cities on the Connecticut River (Connecticut Colony)

1635/36 founded Roger Williams Providence (Colony Rhode Island)

1679 Founding of the royal province of New Hampshire

In 1684 Massachusetts becomes a royal colony

1773 Boston Tea Party

1775 skirmish of Lexington – leads to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War

July 4, 1776 Signing of the Declaration of Independence

Ratification of the new constitution: Connecticut (9.1.1788), Massachusetts (6.2.1788), New Hampshire (21.6.1788), Rhode Island (29.5.1790), Vermont (1791)

1820 Maine becomes an independent state

The cuisine of New England is hearty and rich.

The national dish of New England is of course the lobster. In Maine, lobster is offered at almost every stand-up snack. When the early settlers reached the New England coast, lobsters more than a meter in length were not uncommon.

Fish specialties are clam chowder. Chowder is a “fat” soup made from seafood. Clam Chowder is a traditional New England recipe. Its ingredients include clams (clam is a generic term for hard-shelled venom shells and soft-shelled clams), pork, potatoes, milk and cream. The soup tastes fantastic. The name Clam Chowder comes from the French and means “chaudière”, the name of a pot in which the fishermen prepared their meals.

Then there is the clambake, a baked pot of potatoes, clams, chicken, two-pound, corn, sausage, crab and lobster.

Cod (cod), cod (scrod), haddock, sole, flounder and sea bass are also on the menu.

New England Boiled Dinner is a casserole of beef, potatoes and vegetables.

Boston Baked Beans are the most typical of all Puritan dishes. They are made from dried brown beans cooked with pork and molasses. It is served dark bread.

Boston Cream Pie is a dessert made from custard and chocolate.

Maple syrup is obtained from the juice of the sugar maple tree (Acer Saccarum). In spring, when the daytime temperatures are around 4 degrees Celsius, mostly at light night frosts, the farmer drills holes in the trunk. Then he puts in a pin, through which the juice can drain. After a few hours, the buckets (up to three per tree) are full. It takes about 40 liters of maple juice to produce one liter of maple syrup. It is offered in different grades depending on color and taste.

The cranberry, the red American cowberry is missing on no Thanksgiving board. It is an ideal complement to the turkey dishes. The turkey is a true Native American and is still found today in the forests of the northern states of New England.

The farmer families used to feed themselves with fresh milk and butter from their own cows. Among other things, the milk was processed into cheese. Cheddar cheese was then produced in the English style, which was sealed in large wheels of half a meter in diameter with a wax wrap, cloth and dry bark.

There is a huge selection of beers in New England, as well as in America as well.