Maple Sugar: From Sap to Syrup: The History, Lore, and How-to Behind This Sweet Treat

Tim Herd

ISBN 10: 160342735X / ISBN 13: 9781603427357

Published by Storey Publishing, LLC, North Adams, MA, 2011

About this Item

New. 144 pages.
Winner of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association's Best Book Award.

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 Herd 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. Herd also includes tempting recipes that use syrup in old-fashioned treats like maple nut bread, maple eggnog, and pecan pie.

This title is presented in a special die-cut cover that displays the grades of maple syrup. It also features engaging photographs that capture the glory, past and present, of maple sugaring, and full-color illustrations show readers how to identify the various kinds of maple trees from leaves, twigs, bark, fruit, and flowers.

Chapters: 1. Drawn From Wood. (Native American legends of how maple sugar came to be). 2. Ye Olde Confectionary Craft (Colonial methods of making syrup), 3. Family Tree Gallery (How to identify the various maple species), 4. The Secret Life of Trees (How trees make their own food), 5. For Fun & Profit & Hard Work (Modern commercial production of maple syrup), 6. Do-It-Yourself (Step by step instructions on how to tap, collect sap, and boil it down for your own sweet treat), 7. Maple Delights (How maple is both good and good for you, with recipes).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1775135001945

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Maple Sugar: From Sap to Syrup: The History, Lore, and How-to Behind This Sweet Treat
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, North Adams, MA
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 160342735X
• ISBN 13: 9781603427357
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 6.5W x 7.5H x 0.5D inches 6.5 inches width by 7.5 inches height by 0.5 inches depth
• Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

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 Herd 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. Herd also includes tempting recipes that use syrup in old-fashioned treats like maple nut bread, maple eggnog, and pecan pie. 

About the Author

Tim Herd is the executive director of a parks and open space commission in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. He was the founder and director of The Roving Nature Center, America’s first fully mobile environmental education center, and has been nationally recognized for his “demonstrated commitment and exceptional contribution to the proper stewardship of America’s national and cultural resources” by the Take Pride in America Campaign. An engaging and dynamic speaker, Herd has made thousands of presentations to audiences of all ages on a wide variety of natural history and motivational topics. He was the nationally syndicated feature writer of Nature Newswatch and is the author of Maple Sugar, Kaleidoscope Sky, and Discover Nature in the Weather.