You probably know maple syrup as a topping for pancakes and waffles, but the uses of this hearty sweetener go beyond breakfast. Although it’s ideal for morning treats and baked goods, maple syrup is ...

Now that the days are warming and the nights are still cool, sap is flowing and signs of spring are here in Ontario. A couple of years ago we started making maple syrup on 25 acres in the heart of ...

When Takeya Kaburaki took ownership of the Auberge de la Pente Abrupte, in the town of Sainte-Paule in Quebec's Gaspésie region, he knew he wanted to master maple syrup production from top to bottom.

From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...

A small northern Ontario maple syrup producer, Two Wet Dogs Maple Syrup in Loring, is a back-to-back world champion at ...

When sugar shacks get busy boiling maple sap into liquid gold, we know spring is around the corner. The annual ritual has taken place for thousands of years, beginning with the Indigenous peoples who ...

The history of maple syrup in this land dates back to the Indigenous Peoples who taught early settlers how to pierce trees for “sweet water.” Since then, the liquid gold has become a shorthand for ...

Sugaring season is still several months off yet, but American maple syrup producer Emma Marvin is already thinking about selling her syrup into the Pacific. “Japan and South Korea certainly offer ...