As much as many of us love maple syrup, it’s all too easy to box it into a corner as just another sweetener, a less refined alternative to granulated sugar. But that doesn’t do this staple justice.

From basic buttermilk or buckwheat pancakes to extraordinarily tender ricotta pancakes, we've gather our top-rated pancake ...

Maple syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of maple trees, primarily sugar maples, by boiling the sap to concentrate the sugar. According to the “Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America,” Native ...

The only thing better than a good recipe? When something's so easy to make that you don't even need one. Welcome to It's That Simple, a column where we talk you through the process of making the ...

(Bryan Gardner for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne. Prop Stylist: Paige Hicks.) Celebrate the holidays with these recipes courtesy of New York Times Cooking, specially chosen for ...

This is a great seasonal sensory activity for home or classroom use, especially during autumn themes or cooking explorations. Before you begin mixing, take a moment to get everything ready. Having ...

Why should cupcakes get all the frosting fun? This play on the traditional muffin combines the moist, cinnamon-laced crumb of banana bread with the creamy sweetness of a cream cheese-based cupcake ...

Maple syrup may be most famous for being paired with pancakes, but its rich sweetness has a way of transforming far more than just breakfast. In this collection, we’re rounding up recipes that ...

Amelia Rampe — chef-trained at the Institute of Culinary Education — is the former senior food editor for Food & Wine with more than a decade of experience in food editing, recipe developing, and food ...

Maple syrup is famously made in spring, when below-freezing nights followed by warm days cause the sap stored in a sugar maple’s trunk to flow up and out of the tree and into buckets or plastic tubing ...