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Preserving Herbs: Favorite Books

For those of you following along with the great can jam, you know that the food in focus for this month is herbs. You know what...

Lemon Squash Jam

I have a confession to make. Even though I grow a lotta cucurbits, I don't grow these: I used to grow them. But to be...

Carrots: Buttered & Jammed

  So I'm there with my 5 lb. bag of carrots thumbing though a myriad of canning books looking for something to get excited about...

Taking & Making Stock

gap Maybe it's my utilitarian bent, but there's something I find exhilarating about 'cleaning up the garden' right around the break of fall. On a good...

Roast the Toast: Jam Pudding

One of the things I love about having these two little blogs o' mine is that I get to share my secrets. I mean...

Carrot Spears with Chervil

Let me start by saying these are refrigerator pickles, otherwise known as quick pickles, which means there is no canning or water boiling involved....

Rhubarb Krack

Yes I did think twice about calling this monster, and hence this post, rhubarb krack. In fact, at first type I had the old-fashioned...

Kimchi Primer

If you were hanging around here last weekend, then you may know that I harvested a lot of Napa cabbage, for what has become...

Plum Noir Jam

Plum Noir Jam Yield: approximately 4 pints 4 lbs. dark plums 3 bay leaves 10 black peppercorns 4 green cardamom pods 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds 1/2 cup water juice of one lemon 5...

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...