Few breakfasts are more satisfying than a stack of fluffy pancakes or waffles generously smothered with butter and real-deal maple syrup (the stuff that comes from trees). However, like many of life's ...

Sugar maple trees don't grow just anywhere. Luckily for pancake and waffle lovers, Pennsylvania and Erie County are within the native range for this species that produces the sap used to make maple ...

Once the sap had been retrieved, the grunt work may have been over, but the long job of processing it was just beginning. When it dribbles from the tree, sap is anywhere from 1 to 3 percent sugar. To ...

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.

Unpredictable weather this month has made it challenging for people tapping maple trees to make maple syrup. Maple sap runs best when daytime temperatures are in the high 30s to mid-40s and overnight ...

Maple sugaring — or syrup — season is approaching, and soon enough you'll notice buckets clinging to maple trees as hobbyists and commercial operators begin collecting the sweet sap to make maple ...

This year's maple sap collection in Massachusetts contains more sugar than most years. Sweeter sap requires less boiling time, which leads to increased maple syrup production. Colder temperatures and ...