Spring is here, and sugarhouses are getting into the full swing of collecting and boiling precious sap. Fortunately, we have dozens of local producers of maple syrup.So as we savor this season, here are a couple of ideas to incorporate one of our most cherished local products in the spring: ...
LAKE PLACID - When it comes to spring eats, we tend to focus on maple syrup. Just look at this issue of the Lake Placid News; we've chosen to give our readers multiple stories based on the maple sugaring season.That's because - in our haste for warmer weather as we try to shake off winter's ...
LAKE PLACID - Only a handful of maple producers in the Tri-Lakes region will be opening their doors to visitors this week and next week for New York's Maple Weekends, yet there are more than 180 locations throughout the state participating this year.The New York State Maple Producers ...
KEENE - The machine for converting sap into maple syrup is massive, intricate and shiny. The evaporator looks like a chrome locomotive with all its levers, knobs and vapor stacks protruding through the barn's roof. Pretty soon, it will be filled with thousands of gallons of sap, and the base ...
LAKE PLACID - People around the world marked Pi Day - Thursday, March 14 - by making pies, eating them, and sharing photos of them on social media channels such as Facebook and Instagram. Lake Placid Elementary School fifth-graders joined in the celebration by making pies from scratch at the ...
LAKE PLACID - Carly Summers is playing the role of matchmaker. As the agriculture resource educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension in Essex County, she's trying to get chefs and food/drink producers together.Sponsored by Adirondack Harvest, a program of CCE, the Farm to Chef Meet & ...