Photo and Interview by Gayle Hurmuses, with additional questions from Tilman Hainle. Growing up in BC, I always wondered why only eastern maples could be tapped… Read More »Larry Fiege of Fiege’s Farm, talking about BC Big Leaf Maple Syrup
ESSENCE: The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character: An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or… Read More »Eatin’s Canada – April – Of the Essence
Gulab Jamun (Skim Milk Balls) in Maple Syrup. A traditional Indian recipe re-visioned for Canada, in honour of Maple Syrup season. Famous Indian dessert item,… Read More »Gulab Jamun (Skim Milk Balls) in Maple Syrup
Article and photography by JP Campbell In West Quebec it’s not unusual to mark the true beginning of Spring as the day the sap begins… Read More »Maple Syrup, The Essence of Spring
Story and photographs by JP Campbell, voiceover by Lew Williams. Winter arrived early and stayed. Now it’s March and even in this deep freeze the… Read More »Sugarbush Sugarshack