From turkey and brisket chili to mac and cheese, wings, smoked peaches, and cocktails, these 25 smoked recipes bring backyard smoke into every part of the menu.

The homesteading couple behind Gold Shaw Farm demonstrates the step-by-step process of producing homemade maple syrup from a ...

Great American State Fair put the spotlight on 2 women in Trump's family: Marla Maples and first lady Melania. But one was ...

Festinger, a retired teacher, has spent the better part of a week spending 12 hours a day at the fair, rationing the few ...

An investigation by Radio-Canada’s Enquête program showed that fake maple syrup was being sold on Quebec grocery store shelves. Producers at one Quebec sugar shack tried both pure and bogus syrup and ...

With sugaring season in full swing, we may again ask the age-old question of which is better: real or fake maple syrup. Real maple syrup is produced from millions of taps from trees across Vermont, ...

CARBONDALE — The 2026 Maple Syrup Festival, a popular springtime tradition for the whole family, is happening March 21-22 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Touch of Nature Outdoor Education ...

How to shop for, store, and cook with this uniquely North American staple. Kelly is a food editor and writer whose work has appeared across digital and print publications including Food & Wine, Food52 ...

Sweet syrups are everywhere. They are used in cooking, especially for sweet treats, ice cream toppings, breakfast food, and more. Native Americans originally made maple syrup. The iconic “Log Cabin ...

The typical timeframe for gathering sap from tapped maple trees, at least in my neck of the woods, is March 1 to April 1. This year, however, folks I know in the maple syrup world were tapping their ...

What do maple syrup and rubber have in common? They are both made from tree sap (kind of like tree blood)! However, only maple syrup is an edible sweet treat. Maple syrup is a natural sweetener with ...

For this week’s library column, I’ve given in to my sweet tooth. December 17 th is National Maple Syrup Day; the origins of this day are unclear, though the USDA National Institute of Food and ...