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I can proudly say that I am a canning virgin no more. In contrast to other such firsts, this time I was very anxious before, but deeply satisfied later.

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 visited the UK for the third time when I was fourteen (and actually old enough to remember) and fell in love with nearly everything.

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...

In these waning days of summer, blackberries are one of the last berries to be picked and savored. To be honest, they are my absolute favorites.

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 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...