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 ...

For many maple syrup producers this year, getting the sap flowing required lots of sweat equity as they trudged through snow. It's the opposite from last year, which saw a lack of snowfall and ...

Maple syrup, maple sugar, maple cream, maple coffee. Maple teriyaki, maple sriracha, maple crème brulee. Whether you're ...

Maple sap can be boiled down beyond the syrup stage into the classic sweetener, maple sugar, which is easy to store and transport. Because birch syrup is precious and pricey, it may cost as much ...

But drill into Alan Greene's eighth-generation maple syrup operation in the town of Sebago, and you'll find it doesn't run as smoothly as it used to. "The last 10 years, we are definitely becoming ...