preserving

Where I grew up, grown men did not eat grilled figs with baby greens and artisanal goats’ milk cheese.

The summer that I first discovered home preserving, no produce was safe. There was something so gratifying about containing brightly colored fruits and...

When I first discovered canning, I felt that a part of my childhood had lacked something very crucial–putting away our abundance...

There are times in life when things just don't go according to plan. For someone like me, who loves to plan the future, there is really nothing worse than

For me, a woman not more than a minute away from her twenties and raised in a suburban setting, it would have been entirely possible for the concept of canning

I packed my suitcase last month full of clothes I haven’t needed in Austin, TX since February. In between all the layers Pacific Northwesterners told me to p...

It was the first winter I've tried making marmalade and I was happy with the results. I made several batches over the course of a few weeks, trying various...

I arrived at the food preservation reservation on a very slow train and my first stop was strawberry jam sealed with paraffin wax. There’s an irrepressible me...

Growing up with siblings is an experience, to say the least. When the age gap is close to 15 years, and you’re the oldest

I always feel like there’s magic in the air in the springtime. The blooming flowers, the appearance of colorful fruits and vegetables at the market and the c...