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. Nature’s unrequited gifts ...

The essence of the Green Mountain State tastes sweetest when the sap flows and syrup thickens in the annual thaw.

Nothing beats a cold, refreshing glass of homemade lemonade on a warm day. While store-bought versions can be overly sweet or ...

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s maple syrup season is underway, but climate change is shifting production. Scientists ...

Freshly-made Qatayef, a Ramadan delicacy, is a popular item for Iftar during the holy month.The pancakes are also stuffed with nuts, golden fried and dunked in a sweet syrup, ...

Faced with increasingly erratic winters, syrup makers are tapping into new ways of turning sap into everyone’s favorite ...

It is expensive because of the low yield from the sap (40 gallons of sap are needed for one gallon of syrup!) but the cheaper imitations labelled ‘maple-flavoured syrup’ made from a mixture of ...

Stir in the melted butter and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper ... Drizzle over the maple syrup.

Melt the butter, sugar and maple syrup in a pan over a gentle heat ... Next add the grated parsnip, apple, chopped pecans, orange zest and freshly squeezed juice. Divide between the two tins ...

“Freshly steamed, the sponge has a feathery ... plus 10g for greasing the pudding bowl 200g golden syrup 125g granulated sugar 1 lemon, finely zested, ½ juiced (approx. 30ml) 125g self-raising ...