“Maple syrup is becoming a champion food,” he said in a 2011 press release. “Several of these compounds possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, which have been shown to fight ...

Maple syrup is essentially a concentrated solution of sugar, says Joe Schwarcz, Ph.D., director of the Office for Science and Society at McGill University in Montreal. “Eating maple syrup for ...

It’s maple syrup season. Here’s where to taste Vermont’s best. The essence of the Green Mountain State tastes sweetest when the sap flows and syrup thickens in the annual thaw.

The image of maple syrup is of a pure essence that flows from the forest, made by snowshoe-clad farmers who use horse-drawn sleighs to collect buckets of sap hung on trees, and stoke a wood fire ...

Maple syrup, naturally sweet with its lush notes of vanilla and caramel, is one of the first signs of spring. Now, maple’s lesser-known forest cousin birch is having its day.

In 2024, Michigan ranked fifth in maple syrup production with 650,000 trees tapped and 200,000 gallons of sap collected, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.. Here's more on the harvest and ...

For nearly 30 years, Kevin Keyes and his brother-in-law Bob Chambers have run Dry Brook Sugar House in Salem, New York. Dry Brook Sugar House is nestled amid maple forests on the border of New ...

I’ve always liked the idea of producing my own maple syrup. However, sugar maples (Acer saccharum) don’t grow in our high pH soils. I was intrigued several years ago to ...

Maple Sugarin’ Festival, noon to 4 p.m. March 15. Hike through the maple forest, tap a tree, trade nature items for maple candies, and observe various means of syrup production. Complete a ...

A lot goes into making maple syrup between leaving the tree and arriving to your table. This, in turn, can affect how it tastes. Here's why it affects flavor.