Two Vermont startups get boost from Oprah Winfrey

Winooski’s Mount Mansfield Maple Products had high hopes of making Oprah Winfrey’s annual “Favorite Things” list after its candy won a confectionery award at the largest specialty food show in North America.
Woodstock’s Farmhouse Pottery, for its part, figured its ceramic trees would catch the media maven’s eye after she highlighted its small bell pitcher and “rustic-chic” fly-swatters in summer issues of her magazine.
Winfrey, however, had other