Maple syrup is standard on the scene now, a returning cast member on the stage of cocktail sweeteners. Its mysterious cousin ...

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 ...

As water evaporated, the sugar would condense into maple syrup, then grainy maple sugar, then glass-like maple candy, providing a rare source ... tangy birch syrup, a gallon of which takes 120 ...