Canning Across America

I came to canning late in life, spurred on by friends who seemed to be making pickles, jams and other yummy things every time I stopped into their kitchens.

Interview with Marisa McClellan, Shannon & Jason Mullett-Bowlsby, and Kat Kinsman.

I have started canning as a new tradition for our family. In the spring we started with making violet jelly. My children have had so much fun with the whole process.

A watercolor sketch Marcia Milner-Brage titled Marie's Pantry. Separately, Marcia's also captured Marie’s harvest before the canning.

Quick video out about How to Pickle Veggies with Marisa McClellan by the folks at The Daily.

I am a member of a federally recognized Native American Reservation in Northwest Washington.

I first learned to can when I was about eight years old back in Texas. Four generations of women–my Great-Grandma

Canning is an important part of Amy Pennington’s book, Urban Pantry: Tips & Recipes for a Thrifty, Sustainable and Seasonable Kitchen.

Thanks to our friends at the Washington State Fruit Commission, we’ve got cherries on the brain - and on the stove, and in jars.

Many of us have fond memories of Blueberries for Sal, the classic Robert McCloskey picture book about a mother and daughter in 1940s Maine who head out one