Canning Across America

My 80 year old grandmother, who was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, has been putting-up for as long as I can remember.

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.

A fresh strawberry is one of life’s great delights. Icons of summer, these luscious red jewels of nature inspire our senses with their perfumed and sweet

I love plums. And since it’s summer, and you’re likely human, chances are that you really, really like plums, too.

It’s Christmas Eve! After a relaxed morning here in Cambridge, I got in the mood to make some jam. After trying a range of non-traditional jam fruits, I deci...

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Pickled strawberries. As I type this post, I’m sipping on a shrub.

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

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Just the thought of firing up this potentially explosive stove-top appliance sends many of us running for cover! Whistling petcocks, clouds of scalding steam, a...