Ever wanted to make your own maple syrup? With a few tools of the trade and a maple tree in the backyard, you’re just a few easy steps away from coating your waffles and cakes in homemade maple syrup.

Erie County is home to sugar maple trees and Asbury Woods has a program to help people make their own syrup at home.

The maple sap is flowing, which is a sure sign that spring is just around the corner. Learn how maple syrup is made, and maybe even try your hand at tapping a tree, at one of these events around the ...

Lisa Gauker held up a bottle of store-bought pancake syrup. “Is this really maple syrup?” the recreation and special events supervisor for the Berks County Department of Parks and Recreation asked.

As the days start getting longer, sap begins to flow in maple trees, and it's time to celebrate the sweetness of maple syrup. Those who would like to learn more about the history and science of maple ...

Maple syrup is always a pantry staple, but its presence is especially welcome during the cold weather season, when pancakes are a weekend breakfast must and root vegetables welcome a drizzle of this ...

Quite a few of my friends have been grumbling about how they can’t wait for winter to be over and that they are ready for spring. I was surprised by this. I feel the opposite. It feels to me like we ...

Maple syrup is nature's nectar, but you've probably noticed that the real deal comes with a high price tag. Given how much sap it takes to make, it makes sense.

After the harvesting process comes the real work of maple sugaring, which is concentrating the sap into delicious maple syrup. Commercial producers use reverse osmosis, and Kinnan says he is ...