Maple syrup, naturally sweet with its lush notes of vanilla and caramel, is one of the first signs of spring. Now, maple’s lesser-known forest cousin birch is having its day. Nature’s unrequited gifts ...

The calendar indicates that it’s spring, and despite occasional freezing temperatures and lingering patches of snow, the return of extended daylight confirms this change of season. Last year, a chance ...

A new agricultural project in central Newfoundland has gotten a sweet seal of approval and is set to expand the only maple syrup and birch syrup farm in the province. Phil Nicholas has already tapped ...

Hillside Farm in Lewisporte Junction is Newfoundland and Labrador's first commercial maple syrup and birch syrup farm and will be expanding after receiving environmental approval. (Hillside ...

Birch sap overall has a much lower sugar content than maple syrup, however. It takes more than 100 gallons of birch sap to produce one gallon of syrup, compared with a 40:1 ratio for maple syrup. And ...

Make fried oysters, the Tojo roll (a.k.a. California roll), and Acadia wheat honey cake with gooseberry sorbet, bay and birch syrup, and hazelnuts from Gabby Peyton's field guide to Canada's ...