This winter, NH offers the best skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing in years. It is also the perfect time to take a horse drawn sleigh ride or visit a local museum or attraction. For shoppers, it's a winter wonderland as you stroll down main streets and resort towns checking out the gifts shops and local sights. There are great lodging and restaurant establishments to stop at and rest up! Find them at www.nhmade.com.

If you have friends or family heading north to enjoy some of these activities be sure to have them stop by our NH Stores on I-95 in Hampton for some great NH-made specialty foods, beverages and snack items!

(Seen here is a photo from the New England Ski Museum, Exit 34 B, Franconia Notch Parkway (I-93) in Franconia.)

The New Hampshire Farm & Forest Exposition has been a winter standard since 1984. Dubbed "New Hampshire's Greatest Winter Fair," the Expo has become a much awaited annual event. This year celebrates its 25th year! It is held at the Radisson Hotel/Center of NH in Manchester on Friday, February 8th and Saturday, February 9th. Find complete details here.

Give The Gift That Means More in 2008!

New Hampshire made products: authentic, handcrafted, locally-produced.

Easily found at www.nhmade.com. If you prefer to shop for local products from the convenience of your own home, we have an online store. Visit it by clicking here. Lots more will be added in the coming months, so check often.

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As the snow piles up here New Hampshire, artisans like Jonathan Gibson like to be hard at work in their warm studios. Jon continues the tradition of working with pewter in the same 200 year old barn where he apprenticed as a young boy. Each piece is lead-free and made with hands-on care, whether cast, hammered, or spun. Jon is a state juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen and has been recognized by Early American Life Magazine as one of America's 200 top traditional craftsmen since 1992. The Gibson Fruit Bowl and Wood-Grain Beaker were the only pieces of 20th century pewter taken into the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." Find more information on Gibson Pewter here.

Polly's English Muffins

(Courtesy of Polly's Pancake Parlor, Sugar Hill)

1/3 cup warm water
1 Tbsp Maple syrup
1 1/2 tsp yeast
2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups warm milk
6 cups white flour (or 3 cups white & 3 cups whole wheat)

Mix maple syrup into warm water, dissolve yeast in this mixture. While yeast is dissolving mix butter, salt and warm milk. Stir in yeast mixture. Add flour one cup at a time until bowl wipes dry. Knead well. Let rise for 1 1/2 hours until double. Roll out on floured surface about 1/2" think. Cut into 4" rounds. Place on tray sprinkled with cornmeal. Let rise 1/2 hour. Bake on 325 degree griddle sprinkled with cornmeal for 10 minutes per side. Yields 12.

Check out additional recipes by clicking on the recipe link on the www.nhmade.com home page.