"A year in the life of one New England family as they work to preserve an ancient, lucrative, and threatened agricultural art-- the sweetest harvest, maple syrup."--Front jacket flap.

March on Barton Farm can only mean one thing: maple sugar season. To combat the winter slump, resilient director Kelsey Cambridge organizes a Maple Sugar Festival, complete with school visits, pancake breakfasts, and tree tapping classes. Kelsey hires curmudgeonly maple sugar expert Dr. Conrad Beeson to teach the classes, despite misgivings over his unpleasant demeanor. It's a decision she ends up regretting when, before the first tree can be tapped...

A beautiful, delicious celebration of two natural sweeteners in irresistible recipesHoney and maple syrup might be better for you than sugar. They might be better for the environment. But even better, and sweet as anything, is how these natural ingredients taste and the wonders they do for a dish. James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Beth Dooley and gifted photographer Mette Nielsen make the most of these flavors in this celebration of honey...

Sweet Maple is an instructional book on backyard sugarmaking that's also the story of one family's connection to the past on a small New England sugar farm. Throughout its pages, Michelle (the "sugarmaker's wife") gives advice on: • the 22 different kinds of trees that can be tapped. • the process of making syrup, to help you decide what level is right for you. • how to make alternative treats, such lilac syrup. • the health benefits of maple...

"Bring the flavor of maple syrup beyond breakfast! Maple syrup is one of nature's sweetest treats. It reminds us of sitting at the table, savoring bite after bite of Mom's fresh flapjacks. Maple Syrup features 40 tried-and-true recipes to please friends, neighbors, and the entire family. Create new memories that extend into every meal with this delicious favorite ingredient. Inside you'll find: 40 recipes- tested and tasted by the author, a professional...

Partially deaf, seventeen-year-old Owl feels the most free hiking the forested areas around her family's New Hampshire farm, but the apperance of Cody, a magnetic young man hired to help with the sugaring off, forces Owl to make difficult decisions about their relationship and her relationship with her family.

Little Runner wants to be part of a New Year's tradition, even though his mother says that he is too little--but when he pretends to be a big boy anyway, she gives him a special treat.

Chronicles the history of maple sugaring, spanning Native American traditions through modern practices, and explains the production process from tapping through marketing; also includes an essay on the Nearings, who first published this book in 1950 and based it on their own maple business.

This book explains how maple syrup is made and describes some of the activities that mark sugaring season, such as parades, hay rides, and horse-drawn sleighs.