Editor’s note: Last year, I contacted four veteran canners and newly minted CAA members to better understand the passion behind “putting up” food. Below, excerpts from my electronic conversations with Marisa McClellan of Philadelphia, Pa. (Food in Jars), Shannon & Jason Mullett-Bowlsby of Seattle (The Lazy Locavores) and Kat Kinsman, managing editor of Eatocracy, who’s [...]
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Just a few spots left for Canning Basics class in Seattle
Learn just how easy it can be to make and can a batch of jam from scratch at the Canning Basics with Marisa McClellan: Fruit Jam class. If you’ve never done any canning because you think it’s too complicated, this class will change your mind and your pantry forever. Each student will head home with [...]
If You Want The Best Jam…
We had high expectations for our Shuksan strawberries from the start. Tastemaker Jon Rowley and six-degrees-of-Traca Savadago had led our group to the gleaming, paint-red berries as the representative of a certain kind of umami. For Jon, these berries fit a particular sense of the word. They were a food that “has become all that [...]
