Sweet Birch Herbals is an herb farm, herbal education center, and the working home of clinical herbalist Hannah Morano, formerly Jacobson-Hardy, all packed on three tidy acres in Ashfield. “Herbal ...

Pennsylvania's quintessential cuisine includes Philly-style water ice, gooey layered stromboli, saucy tomato pie, and some of the best pretzels in the U.S. However, there's another state staple that ...

FOUND IN THE MOUNTAINOUS regions of the Mid-Atlantic states and broadly across the Northeast and New England, sweet birch (Betula lenta) grows to about 60 feet in height, with a single straight trunk ...

When many people think of Latvian food, they probably think of serious meat and potatoes fare. But Latvians have been celebrating the end of their long, snow-filled winters with a fresh spring tonic ...

TALKEETNA -- At first glance, the setup at Kahiltna Birchworks seems like something out of a sci-fi movie. There are thousands of white 5-gallon buckets hanging off of trees, all filled with a clear, ...

As a historian I was eager when I came across early local Pennsylvania maps which gave the locations of Birch oil distilleries, a pioneer occupation among PA Dutch farmers. But growing up on wooded ...

For every kind of tree, there is a season of the year when it's at its best — a time when a certain feature of the tree makes an impression on us and forms a strong association with the season. Sugar ...

The calendar indicates that it’s spring, and despite occasional freezing temperatures and lingering patches of snow, the return of extended daylight confirms this change of season. Last year, a chance ...

TORONTO – Birch syrup is being touted by foodies as the latest unique flavouring to enhance savoury dishes as well as desserts. The rich, semi-sweet, dark syrup also lends an unexpected flavour to ...