A highly illustrated book, "Making Maple Syrup in America since 1650"    Original old magazine articles and book excerpts from the 1600s to 1900s about the history and practice of making maple sugar and syrup.   Many original "from scratch" recipes using maple sugar/syrup from earlier centuries.  Mixed in are stories from the author's own expericences of making syrup for the past 60 years in Wisconsin.   

The Author's family has been making maple sugar and syrup since first arriving in America in the mid 1600s.  If you read this book, not only will you be an expert on the history of maple production, but you will find gems of humor, culture, poetry, erudtion, and back woods experiences.   Each story, article, recipe and photo is like each batch of syrup--a new flavor, color and experience.

Available at Amazon.com  

http://www.amazon.com/Making-Maple-Syrup-since-1650/dp/146819089X