That’s Food in Jars blogger Marisa McClellan pictured above, and I’m tickled (pickled?) to have her as a guest in this week’s Culinate chat Thursday, Aug. 19 (1 ET/10a PT). Marisa always seems to have the canning kettle fired up, which is why we think she’s can-tastic. Join the conversation! P.S. We’ll have giveaways throughout [...]
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Breakfast of Jam-pions
A half-flat of lipstick-red strawberries was calling my name earlier this week. Their honeyed perfume was darn near intoxicating on the car ride home. I quickly hulled, rinsed, pat-dried the ruby jewels and froze them overnight, as they were ripening by the minute. The next morning, my canning partner in crime and I got to [...]
Today, we celebrate!
Photo: Flickr/mikeunited In many ways, it feels like we’ve known each other a lifetime. That’s the power of twitter, facebook, press, and above all else— a canvolution. Inspired by Yes, We Can, a community home canning project in the Bay Area, founding member Kim O’Donnel asked out loud on Twitter: What if Seattle got in [...]
Canning Chat With Sherri Brooks Vinton
Get schooled first hand on the ins and outs of preserving, drying, freezing and fermenting with Sherri Brooks Vinton, special guest this week in Kim O’Donnel’s Table Talk chat. Sherri is the author of the newly published Put’em Up!, a how-to primer that covers the gamut of preserving food, from canning to fermentation. Sherri will [...]
How Much Is Too Much?
Recently, I was reading a 50+ year-old British cookbook by Elizabeth David on food preservation. I had great fun imagining the accent of Ms. David, who wrote in such florid language. No doubt, with her upper class pedigree and as a food preservationist, she spoke in pear-shaped tones. Turning to her recipe for apricot jam, [...]
Now is the Season for Making Marmalade
As part of my quest to eat seasonal foods, I preserve year round. In the middle of winter that means preserving citrus so that I have some to enjoy in the summer. Right now Meyer lemons are plentiful and next to salt preserving them, one of my favorite ways to preserve them is in a [...]
Eugenia Bone Talks Fall Preserving on Culinate, 10/21
“Well Preserved” author Eugenia Bone is a featured repeat guest on Kim O’Donnel’s weekly chat on Culinate, Wed., Oct. 21 (10a PT/1ET). We’ll talk the ups, downs, ins and outs of safely putting up food and what we’ve been canning this fall. (Don’t forget to ask her about canning fresh tuna!) Can’t make the live [...]
Recipe Spotlight: Spicy Pear and Dried Cherry Chutney from Greg Atkinson
Looking for a nice fall recipe? Writer, chef, and cookbook author Greg Atkinson has shared one of his favorite chutney recipes with us. Check it out! Spicy Pear and Dried Cherry Chutney CAA Contributor Greg Atkinson, Author and Organic Recipe Consultant, Tilth Producers of Washington. Greg is an author and blogger at West Coast Cooking [...]
The Canvolution on the The Splendid Table
Lynne Rossetto Kasper talks to Kim O’Donnel about reviving the lost art of “putting up” food this week on the Splendid Table. Take a listen to the interview here.
Canning Across America in GOOD
Canning Across America was the subject of an article on Good.is today. As you may know, Good.is is “a collaboration of individuals, businesses, and nonprofits pushing the world forward.” Check it out!
