Sweet Maple by Michelle Visser

[Globe Pequot Publishing]

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 While learning the art of sugarmaking alongside her husband, Michelle guides readers through every step of all-natural syrup.