WOODSTOCK, Vt. -- A scent of burnt sweetness fills the air as Ralph Luce feeds the wood-fired furnace in his family's sugarhouse. Condensation drips from the sweaty ceiling, and steam billows from an ...

The nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or ...

As March fills with maple syrup festivals, we come to learn how maple trees aren't at all like factories or franchises. No. The sap they produce and its sugar content — all necessary to boil it down ...