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.

MAPLE SYRUP is very much a year-round essential in my kitchen. But there’s always a poetry in the thought that the sap boiled down to produce the syrup we love so much is tapped from maple trees in ...

You probably know maple syrup as a topping for pancakes and waffles, but the uses of this hearty sweetener go beyond breakfast. Although it’s ideal for morning treats and baked goods, maple syrup is ...