sug·ar·ing off

(sho͝og′ər-ĭng)

1. The process or an instance of boiling down maple sap to yield maple syrup and maple sugar.

2. A social activity in which guests at a sugarhouse help make maple sugar and are served food covered in maple syrup, especially hot maple syrup poured on fresh snow.

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sugaring off

(Cookery) Canadian the boiling down of maple sap to produce sugar, traditionally a social event in early spring

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For the solo show "Sugaring Off" at Karma International in Zurich, around the same time as the exhibition in Oslo, Silva displayed highly stylized sculptures of cradles--one, the Tiffany Blue Devotion Cradle, 2017, was inspired by a crib from a Maurice Sendak book and painted, yes, Tiffany blue--along with reupholstered and patchwork-appliqued dollsize strollers lit under a wash of warm pink light.

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See the sugar-making process, from tapping the trees to sugaring off. Interpreters will cook period foods, and historians will discuss maple sugar in history.

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Biographical sequences and full-screen images of Moses' paintings reveal the true stories behind classics such as "The Quilting Bee", "Taking in Laundry", "A Country Wedding", "Hallowe'en", "Moving Day on the Farm", and "Sugaring Off in the Maple Orchard".

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