maple syrup

Word Of Mouth 03.23.2013

Rebecca Lavoie — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:41:18 +0000

All of the pleasure, none of the guilt. Our Saturday show gets you caught up, in a convenient snack pack size. This week….A video game attempts to replicate the experience of autism; spying in space with the help of spectroscopy; a look back to when Peyton Place was in its heyday, almost 60 years ago; the delicious and sweet tradition of capturing maple syrup; making music by “playing” a tower; and a musician gives a private concert in Studio D, then talks about teenage inspiration and her love of pie.

NH this Weekend: Tap the Sap

Rick Ganley — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0000

It's Maple Weekend in the Granite State. More than 110 farms and sugar shacks will be open to the public with demonstrations of syrup production, maple products to taste and buy, and hands-on activities. Hippo Editor Amy Diaz has some highlights.

Find a participating sugar shack near you

Want to tap your own? Read up on the basics of D.I.Y. maple tappin'

Sugaring: The Sweetest Science

Sean Hurley — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Maple Weekend begins Saturday in New Hampshire, and that means Sugar Houses in the state are open to the public with boiling sap and sweet syrup to sample. And syrup producers around the state say they are hoping for a strong season this year.

Paul Weeks would rather be in his sugar orchard checking sap lines for leaks or adjusting the boil on his evaporator. But today’s bitter chill has given him an unwanted break.

The Sap Is Flowing This Year

Rick Ganley — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0000

As producers prepare for Maple Weekend, New Hampshire Maple Producers Association Treasurer Howard Pearl tells us what maple syrup and other products mean to the state economy- and how the sap is flowing this year.

Patti Page: A Singing Rage, Who Had Her Own Singing Syrup Bottle

Brady Carlson and Gina Gioldassis — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:52:45 +0000

Singer Patti Page died on New Year’s Day in California. She was 85.

Despite Warm Weather, It's Maple Syrup Weekend in New Hampshire

Brady Carlson — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:18:28 +0000

This weekend is maple syrup weekend in New Hampshire – true, you might not be thinking of sugar and sap given this week’s record breaking temperatures, but more than 100 New Hampshire sugarhouses are opening their doors this weekend and sharing a little of the sweet stuff for visitors.