Some Lakeside High School students have been exploring new skills by learning to make maple syrup. LHS teacher Jostalyn ...

Ever wanted to make your own maple syrup? With a few tools of the trade and a maple tree in the backyard, you’re just a few easy steps away from coating your waffles and cakes in homemade maple syrup.

Somerset County Maple Producers' annual Maple Taste & Tour offers visitors a chance to learn how maple syrup is made and taste products.

Weather conditions haven’t been ideal for backyard maple syrup makers this season, but local sugar shacks are still boiling and selling across the state.

"In order to have the maple flavor come through, you need dark-colored syrup," says Sorkin. "I think the lighter flavored stuff is better in cocktails and on fresh fruit where you just want a little ...

Wisconsin has long been a top producer in the maple syrup industry, using both traditional and modern methods of production.