In East Texas, it wasn't pumpkins that signaled the arrival of fall - it was ribbon cane. We knew it was fall when Daddy came home from work with a stalk of ribbon cane from McNew's produce stand. It ...

Cane syrup can be tricky to find on shelves today. Many farms and makers produce their own still in small batches, much like sorghum or molasses, but spend some time in the South and you'll start to ...

HENDERSON - Behind a cloud of sweet-smelling smoke, you could make out the silhouettes of three men huddled over a long pan. They skimmed the foam from the boiling pan of syrup and tossed it into ...