It has been about five years since the first birch trees were tapped in Alaska to produce birch syrup to sell commercially. Now, a group of Alaskans is marketing the syrup. In 1990, Marlene Cameron of ...

TALKEETNA SPUR ROAD --In mud boots and a sweatshirt, a cap topping his wild brown hair, Michael East steers his F-350 pickup and a trailer loaded with 500 gallons of birch sap behind the Kahiltna ...

Just in time for the Super Bowl, I bring you an irresistible plate of chicken wings. This dish is a sneak peek recipe from my forthcoming book, "The Alaska from Scratch Cookbook," which will hit the ...

Boiling maple sap down to maple syrup is not going away anytime soon, but it is getting some new competition. Birch syrup is more savory than... Jun 09, 2015 — Boiling maple sap down to maple syrup is ...

Cast-iron pan devotees are a loyal bunch—and rightfully so. The culinary workhorse cooks everything from eggs to pancakes to chicken, has excellent heat retention (necessary for even cooking and ...

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 ...

If last spring you had headed into a certain birch grove in County Durham as the sun’s rays were beginning to warm the earth and the sap was starting to rise, you might have heard a woody rapping ...

As New England's maple sap starts to drip in March, David Moore of The Crooked Chimneysugarhouse in Lee, N.H., counts the days until it will stop flowing. Right about the time the maples are tapped ...

LEE, N.H. — Unlike maple syrup-drenched Vermont and lobster-rich Maine, New Hampshire doesn't have much to call its own in the food world. But it could find a future claim to fame in birch syrup, a ...