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YANKEE MAGAZINE

New England???s Warmest Winter Comforts & Exhilarating Outdoor Activities Featured In Yankee Magazine???s January/February Issue

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DUBLIN, NH (January 2018) ??? The weather outside is certainly frightful, but New England???s winter comforts are most delightful! Many are featured in the new January/February issue of Yankee magazine: From outdoor activities to indoor delights, from the region???s best comfort foods and coziest inns to charming New England watering holes that provide a different kind of warmth, Yankee offers readers a multitude of options for enjoying, or taking refuge from, all that winter entails.

???In planning this issue, we wanted to bring to its pages the dueling elements of winter: the exhilaration of bundling up to play outdoors and also the satisfying warmth that greets you when you step back inside,??? writes editor Mel Allen.

Winter stories in the January/February issue include:

???Wild Skating??? on Lake Morey (Pg. 20) ??? Rowan Jacobsen introduces readers to Nordic ice skating on Vermont???s Lake Morey, home to the longest ice skating trail in the country.

The Coziest Inn in the World (Pg. 84) ??? Contributing editor Kim Knox Beckius takes the warmest, most inviting features from great lodgings in every New England state and contemplates what they would look like all under one roof.

The Best Comfort Foods in New England (Pg. 88) ??? Senior food editor Amy Traverso serves up the ultimate in comfort food favorites, including the delicious doughnuts from Portland???s The Holy Donut featured on the issue???s cover. The recommendations span all the New England states and include poutine, chicken and waffles, miso ramen, and lobster mac and cheese.

Bars Worth Toasting (Pg. 92) ??? For a different kind of warmth, Yankee???s editors share some of their favorite winter watering holes in every state.

Bean to Bar (Pg. 48) ??? Contributing editor Krissy O???Shea profiles New England???s newest batch of premium chocolate makers and offers sweet and savory recipes that showcase chocolate in all its glory.

Out & About (Pg. 76) ??? Yankee???s recommended winter events include an incredible ???ice castles??? display (NH), the largest single-block ice carving contest in the country (CT), the largest ski marathon in the East (VT), and more.

Other notable stories in the issue include:

The Last of the Hill Farms (Pg. 96) ??? Photographer Richard W. Brown???s remarkable 1970s-era images from Vermont???s Northeast Kingdom pay homage to a vanished landscape and its people.

Called to the Wild (Pg. 110) ??? Deputy editor Ian Aldrich tells the story of Lucas St. Clair???s quest to get 87,500 acres of his family???s property near Mount Katahdin named a national park monument.

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About Yankee

Based in Dublin, New Hampshire, Yankee: New England???s Magazine was founded in 1935 and is the iconic American magazine covering the finest that New England has to offer. Covering classic New England travel destinations, food traditions, and home and lifestyle stories with stunning photography and artwork, Yankee has featured many notable American writers in its pages such as Robert Frost, John Updike, and Stephen King.

With a total circulation of nearly 300,000 and a total audience of 1.8 million readers, the magazine is published by Yankee Publishing Inc. (YPI), a family-owned, independent company.

Yankee also recently partnered with WGBH to launch Weekends with Yankee, a 13-episode documentary series on public television that taps into Yankee???s extensive behind-the-scenes access to the region???s six states.

YPI also owns the nation’s oldest continuously produced periodical, The Old Farmer’s Almanac, and McLean Communications. More information about Yankee??is available at:??

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