Gregory Lewis McNamee
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Contributing Editor, Encyclopædia Britannica; Literary Critic, Hollywood Reporter. Author of Moveable Feasts: The History, Science, and Lore of Food and others.
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Maple syrup, sweet syrup made by concentrating the sap of certain species of North American maple trees, chiefly the sugar maple and black maple. It was utilized by Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River regions prior to the arrival of European settlers. The bulk of maple…
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