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1) The sugar season: a year in the life of maple syrup, and one family's quest for the sweetest harvest
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"A year in the life of one New England family as they work to preserve an ancient, lucrative, and threatened agricultural art-- the sweetest harvest, maple syrup."--Front jacket flap.
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Storey Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
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Explore the fascinating history of maple sugaring in this informative guide to all things syrup. From the tap on the tree to the pancakes on your plate, Tim Held explains every nuanced step of the sugaring process. Learn to identify different kinds of maple trees and get inspired to tap the sugar maples in your backyard. Held also includes tempting recipes that use syrup in old-fashioned treats like maple nut bread, maple eggnog, and pecan pie.
The...
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Wesleyan University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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These stories, told by real-life sugarmakers, reveal how this ancient industry has continued into the twenty-first century. Thanks to the newest technology-and the old-fashioned virtue of patience-New England sugarmakers are still keeping it real.
A former maple sugarmaker and board member of the Maple Syrup Producers' Association of Connecticut, David Leff takes us on a journey into the very heart of New England's character. Along the way he talks...
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Elm Creek Quilts volume 7
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As he nation moves toward civil war, one resident of Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania has her live irrevocably changed. Dorthea Granger is asked by her uncle--shortly before his violent death--to stitch an unusual quilt. When she learns the quilt contains hidden clues for the Underground Railroad, Dorthea makes a brave decision. she will put her own life at risk to continue the work that cost her uncle his life.
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Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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Sweet Maple is an instructional book on backyard sugarmaking that's also the story of one family's connection to the past on a small New England sugar farm. Throughout its pages, Michelle (the "sugarmaker's wife") gives advice on:
• the 22 different kinds of trees that can be tapped.
• the process of making syrup, to help you decide what level is right for you.
• how to make alternative treats, such lilac syrup.
• the health benefits of maple...
12) Sugaring time
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Text and photographs show how a family taps the sap from maple trees and processes it into maple syrup.
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2017.
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"The imminent arrival of spring has the locals gearing up for their sweetest celebration ever--the first annual Maple Madness Weekend. Along with maple sugar house tours, a community-wide marshmallow roast, and a weekend-long pancake breakfast, restaurants will be serving up special maple syrup dishes. But the weekend festivities are put in jeopardy when things start to get sticky...One of Candy's friends is accused of stealing sap from a rival's...
18) Sugar snow
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1998]
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A cold snap late in winter allows a pioneer girl and her family to enjoy the rich sugar candy made from maple tree sap.