Cooking With Fire: Maple Syrup

Maple syrup is a pantry staple in the United States. But more often than not the syrup in the average American pantry is pretty far from pure maple syrup. In fact, most leading brands of maple syrup in the U.S. use larger amounts of corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, water and sugar than they do actual maple syrup. Maple syrup is a product of the northeastern states, with Vermont producing just over half a million pounds of syrup annually. This, of course, pales in comparison to their