Canning Across America

Last year putting up fruit became a mission for me. It was my second year of canning. Using a palate of flavors to mix apricots, cherries, and peaches

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

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.

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

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...

I hadn’t canned since 1986, according to records. (My mom, my pickling partner and methodical note-taker, jotted down the last date).

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

I knew I would love the Nitty Gritty Dirty Farm long before I saw it. How could you not? Its proprietors - a newly minted minister and a mandolin-playing music teacher - had found each other...

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.