fruit

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...

Recently, I was reading a 50+-year-old British cookbook Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David on food preservation.

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...

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

I've been canning a little while now, perhaps you have too. Over the past few years, putting up food has made its way into the fabric of my life and my year

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

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

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

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

Have you ever seen a super hot deal on produce and think "I should can that"? Me, too. I’m what many seasoned canners call a "newbie": meaning that