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An Interview with Linda Ziedrich

Interview with Linda Ziedrich Tigress: Hi Linda! As you know, tigress' can jam is a year long canning challenge in which a very large group of...

Pickling Carrots Safely

What can I do to insure that the carrots' hot water bath process does not kill me or my loved ones? There's exactly two things...

Spring Turnip Pickle

Even though we're basically farmers ourselves, I can't help but go to area farmers markets whenever I can. That is the one consolation prize...

Spring Things

It's springing around here! The coyotes are howling at night. The garlic is popping; the rhubarb...forgettaboutit! The blueberry frame's shoulder is broken. The wicked winter...

Tigress’ Best Books of 2011

I've been so excited about my holiday list of my fave preserving and DIY books of 2011 that I decided to have a big...

Sweet Tomato Ketchup

Remember this? After two long weeks in LIC I got back to my little plot of heaven up in the Berkshires only to find...

Jam On It: Shaker Squash Bread

You may have a bunch of these hangers-on from your summer garden that are just about ready to jump. Or you might have been...

Shell-stocked (Shellfish Stock)

Yes, I said I eat (shell) fish occasionally! So occasionally in fact at this point in my life that I've had exactly one lobster...

My Favorite Preserved Lemons

I can't possibly go through a citrus season without making a batch of these. And you shouldn't either. I know everybody does the kind with...

North Indian Lime Pickle

During citrus season, I become a pickle making machine. I know marmalade is the flavor of the month for most, but my year’s meals...