Steeping the plant material for longer will yield stronger syrup. Once winter sets in, drizzle the syrup over snow-cream. The recipe can be scaled up.

For the maple syrup purists who want the real deep woody essence of maple, we picked Vermont’s Runamok Sugar Maker’s Cut. This brand had the most favorable comments about its maple flavor.

Homemade vanilla or ginger simple syrup can be especially tasty in coffee and contain less artificial flavors and ingredients than most store bought syrups. You can even have some fun mixing your ...

Not only is having simple syrup ready to go handy when baking, but also when shaking up your favorite mocktails, cocktails, ...

It is expensive because of the low yield from the sap (40 gallons of sap are needed for one gallon of syrup!) but the cheaper imitations labelled ‘maple-flavoured syrup’ made from a mixture of ...

Homemade syrup should be stored in small sterilised bottles. Keep in a dark cupboard and use within a week of opening. Rosehips grow from late summer to autumn. To make the syrup at home ...

The Psychedelic Backyard is a tart, slightly sweet nonalcoholic cocktail that also happens to be one of our favorite uses for raspberry syrup. This infused simple syrup brings a smoky, herbal ...

The incredibly toxic venom of the geographic cone snail has to be strong enough to paralyze instantly. Otherwise, the fish it preys on would swim away to die, and the slow-moving gastropod would ...

It can be quite the sad sight: the family pet, recovering from surgery, having to wear that awkward cone on their neck to keep them from licking at their stitches. They look miserable. They look ...