The Old Arabi Sugar Museum

12/11/2014

Take a trip down memory lane with some great historical shots of sugar in years past!

12/09/2014

You may need to wait just a little bit longer for your rhum agricole, a special type of rum made with fresh-pressed cane juice rather than molasses. When completed, Cane Land distillery will have a production capacity of 50,000 cases. http://ow.ly/DG1Kx

12/09/2014

What a sweet use for sugar! Candied Citrus Cake - Louisiana Cookin http://ow.ly/DG1QE

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12/04/2014

Bittersweet Chocolate Terrine Recipe http://ow.ly/DG2aA

Bittersweet Chocolate Terrine with Candied Blood Oranges by Chef Ian Schnoebelen (Mariza, New Orleans)

12/02/2014

Sugar has had a major impact on the shaping of the world and our daily lives - both positive and negative. See How Sugar Changed the World with Live Science.

Sugar: The sweet stuff once played a major role in one of the sourest eras in modern times.

12/01/2014

A view of Domino Sugar from the river, early 1900s.

11/25/2014

Located in South Carolina, this is just one form of sugar processing - an evaporator for making syrup.

11/24/2014

Have you ever seen sugarcane in bloom?

11/20/2014

By the time of the American Civil War, half of all sugar consumed in the US was produced by Louisiana! Sugar in Early American History - Alcademics.com http://ow.ly/DG4j3

In studying sugarcane and sugar, we've looked at its biology, origins, spread to the West, association with forced labor, how it was processed in...

11/18/2014

Did you know Christopher Columbus brought sugarcane to Haiti and the Dominican Republic from the Canary Islands? The Spread of Sugarcane in the New World - Alcademics.com http://ow.ly/DG4cE

When we last left off looking at sugarcane's spread from India/Indonesia to the rest of the world, the sugar industry had shifted from the...

11/17/2014

Ever wondered how sugar became so important? Pick up a little background on the Spread of Sugarcane in the Old World - Alcademics.com http://ow.ly/DG47X

In the last post we looked at what sugarcane is. Now we'll see where it came from and how it traveled around the world. Sugarcane is a tall grass...

11/13/2014

The ongoing sustainable practices help Domino Sugar look to the future - http://ow.ly/DG3N2

Our fifth installment of the "Take a Look Under the Sign" series. Domino Sugar may have existed in Baltimore for over 90 years, but is leveraging...