New England, Hidden In Plain Sight, Featured In Yankee Magazine’s March/April 2016 Issue
Westport, MA
Yankee Explores Hidden Places, Best Food Festivals, Top Spring Events & More
DUBLIN, NH: With spring just around the corner, Yankee magazine’s March/April issue delves into the people, places and things that make New England what it is, but remain largely hidden in plain sight.
From charming, off-the-beaten-path places to visit, and discovering the bounty of overlooked edibles that emerge from the soil once the snow clears, to the annual springtime tradition of making maple syrup at a tiny Vermont sugar shack, and a guide to the very best food festivals throughout the region, the spring issue of Yankee highlights many great finds that New England lovers will only read about here.
“This issue of Yankee reveals the people and places we pass by each day without really seeing or getting to know,” says Yankee Editor, Mel Allen.
“For 80 years, this magazine has told their stories, and this issue celebrates their mark on the world.” Highlights of the March/April issue of Yankee include:
–Hidden New England (Pg. 78): the issue’s cover story offers readers six under-the-radar travel destinations that are certain to become favorites once experienced. These include Caspian Lake in Greensboro, VT, the coastal town of Westport, MA, the charming lobster fleet town of Vinalhaven, ME, small town life at its best at Eaton Center, NH, the antique-centric Woodbury, CT, and the fishing town of Galilee, RI.
–Best Food Festivals (Pg. 92): A frequent contributor to Yankee and author/co-author of numerous food, travel, lifestyle and children’s books, Christie Matheson highlights the best of the best of New England food festivals, from pancake breakfasts and bean dinners to chowder cook-offs and festivals dedicated to a single food, in all of the New England states.
— Secrets of the Spring Foragers (Pg. 20): Yankee columnist/contributor and New Hampshire native, Annie Graves profiles the family behind the natural food blog, The 3 Foragers, and their lifestyle of searching out, identifying and cooking wild edible plants.
–Sweetest Gift (Pg. 58): Aimee Seavey, Yankee digital editor, discusses the whoopie pie, a delicious treat made with small chocolate cakes and filled with sweet cream. Seavey examines what the dish meant to her family and provides her grandmother’s decades-old recipe.
— Follow Us (Pg. 120): The second installment of a two part series by noted New Hampshire writer Howard Mansfield chronicles New England’s energy landscape and its dilemma in trying to balance the region’s need for energy and its desire to preserve landscape and local identity. This installment showcases three communities that are adopting clean technology to power their future: Boothbay (ME), Middletown (CT) and Montpelier (VT).
For more information about Yankee, visit: YankeeMagazine.com 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. YPI also owns the nation’s oldest continuously produced periodical, The Old Farmer’s Almanac, and McLean Communications.
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