Maple Manhattan
More than 140 years ago, the first recipe for the Manhattan cocktail appeared in print. Over the years, it’s been tinkered with some, but generally the recipe remains the same as it did when it was first created in New…
More than 140 years ago, the first recipe for the Manhattan cocktail appeared in print. Over the years, it’s been tinkered with some, but generally the recipe remains the same as it did when it was first created in New…
This is a favorite autumnal dessert that’s a welcome addition to the Thanksgiving dinner table and other holiday gatherings. It’s essentially a maple pumpkin sheet cake filled with a maple cream cheese spread. The rolling is easy (do it while…
A Sweet Twist on a Classic Dessert Modern-day, NY-style cheesecake was invented in the 1930s. It’s a velvety smooth, rich, and creamy dessert that hints of elegance. It can also be fairly simple to make. Here’s a simple way to…
Around Branon Family Maple Orchards, Cecile Branon has a lot of titles and answers to quite a few names. Later this month, we’ll be able to refer to her as something else: A Hall of Famer. Cecile has been selected…
CoCo’s Maple Cocoa and Buppy’s Bites. Like a constant buzz in the background, there’s this hum at Branon Family Maple Orchards about what to do next with pure Vermont maple syrup. We’ve got lots of ideas — some have come…
Take ingredients from the forests and dairy farms of Vermont, add in a pepper with Mexican roots and combine with a sauce invented in northern New York and you get this wonderful dip that hits sweet and lingers spicy. Ingredients…
A Sweet Partnership As the calendar turned to 2025 and we finished our end-of-year paperwork, we noticed a small detail on a receipt we were moving from one file to another: One of our wholesale customers has been buying bulk…
With thanks to Judy Adams from Adams Turkey Farm in Westford, VT this hearty recipe is a crowd-pleaser, especially at the holidays when friends and family gather to feast. The maple glaze on the turkey adds just a hint of…
How to get maple syrup shipped to you the best way possible. It's amazing when you really think about where our pure maple syrup ends up. From its start in our sugarhouse on a dead-end dirt road in rural northern…
There are more than 1,000 members of The Vermont Maple Sugar Makers' Association, and we are certainly proud to be one of them. Of that total, only a handful of Vermont sugar makers produce vinegar from their maple products. And…