Whether you prefer a slice of peanut butter toast or buttered sourdough, there is a topping that will elevate both the flavor ...

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — A tasty treat is in season across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Maple syrup is getting bottled up, and it can pack a sweet punch. What's the healthiest way to consume sugar?

Maple sugar season is underway in northern Ohio and the future of the sugar maple (acer saccharum) may be in question. Forest or sugar bush maple trees are the source of maple sugar sap used to ...

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Shortbread cookies are delicious and fun to make, but what if you are out of sugar? There is a sweet ingredient that makes an ...

Nutrition experts name the better-for-you pick.

An etching from an 1879 edition of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper shows men collecting sap outside Rutland, Vermont. Vermonters originally made maple sugar, rather than syrup, because it kept ...

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. Corey Snyder, a wood turner in ...

These three maples have somewhat similar-looking leaves. On the surface, you may think this is simply an academic exercise. But if you care about invasive plants and local ecology, this distinction is ...