I decided to try soaking the pitchy cones in maple syrup ... for longer will yield stronger syrup. Once winter sets in, drizzle the syrup over snow-cream. The recipe can be scaled up.

Say hello at mmenderski@courier-journal.com or 502-582-4053. WHAT: Visit Blues-End farm for a day of maple syrup-based products and goodies, including snow cones covered with maple taffy.

like “Try Your Hand at Tapping a Tree,” snow golf, and a playground. Sugarhouses also offer up a variety of maple-based foods, from classic maple syrup to more unconventional options like ...

The event includes tree identification and tapping, sap cooking and a maple syrup snow cone to enjoy. The program is designed ...

“They’re so fascinated that [syrup’s] coming from a local source ... sap cooking demos, taste testing, maple snow cones and more) on March 15. Demonstrations are done “the old-fashioned ...

He added that in previous years, the ratio of sap to syrup was roughly ... state over the weekend, but maple producers like Leavitt and Plaisted welcome the snow if it helps adjust the sugar ...

Farmer Harold Eastman pours hot maple syrup from his orchard onto cold snow for the Vermont treat of sugar-on-snow. Photograph by John Titchen, Three Lions/Getty Images In fact, the state hosts an ...