If you've ever been to a wine tasting, you've probably seen people swish sips of it in their mouths to evaluate the flavor. In a University of Alaska Fairbanks test kitchen, that's exactly what food ...

Dulce Ben-East (left) talks with employees including SueEllen Bontrager about testing trees for sap. Ben-East was hoping to tap trees today, but colder-than-expected temperatures mean the crew is ...

Sap processed into candies, syrup -- even dog biscuits. PALMER, Alaska -- Michael East rolls his slicing tool back and forth over a 50-pound slab of birch cream caramels, slowly cutting the rich pecan ...

Cold weather this April is delaying two cherished milestones in Interior Alaska: the start of the birch sap run and green-up. Below-normal temperatures are likely to continue for a week or more, ...

PALMER, Alaska (AP) - Michael East rolls his slicing tool back and forth over a 50-pound slab of birch cream caramels, slowly cutting the rich pecan-laced candy into dozens of bite-size pieces. "It's ...

Visit a birch grove under the full moon and learn about these trees Thursday on the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ north campus. The event, sponsored by OneTree Alaska, will run from 5:30-9 p.m., ...

Welcome to our weekly podcast with longtime Anchorage Daily News garden writer and author Jeff Lowenfels and co-host Jonathan White. Think of it as a companion to Jeff’s weekly ADN gardening columns ...

It may be the height of maple syrup season in the Northeast, but one researcher in northern New York has turned his focus to another type of sap. Adam Wild, the director of the Uihlein Maple Research ...