Foodie Influence on the Culinary Meanings of Maple Syrup

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Michael Lange

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Maple syrup production, a craft activity and important marker of identity in New England and eastern Canada, has undergone serious changes as the culinary landscape has expanded and evolved over the past thirty years. Some of these changes have cut right to the heart of sugaring’s traditional process, while others have impacted the culinary meanings of sugaring and maple syrup. Interestingly, the changes in traditional process have been met with much wider acceptance among sugarmakers, while changes in the culinary meaning have been much more cautiously approached, and in some cases, rejected.

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