Product Review

Sweet Maple is an instructional book on backyard sugarmaking that’s also the story of the family’s connection to the past on a small New England sugar farm. Throughout its pages, Michelle gives advice on:

• The 30 different kinds of trees that can be used to make syrup (at least one of which grows in every state of the nation)
• Insight into how sugarmakers down south and out west— well outside of the “maple belt”—are making syrup successfully.
• The process of making syrup, to help you decide what level is right for you
• How to make alternative treats, such as lilac syrup
• The health benefits of maple products, which contain more than 40 antioxidants
• Substituting processed sugar with all-natural maple syrup in any recipe
• The three steps to making maple sugar
• How to make irresistible maple cream and how to enjoy it