Preserving Food

Raspberry rose jam

There's a general consensus between a group of my favorite jammers and i that if ever you come upon a stash of raspberries it's...

Fermenting chiles

These may look innocent enough to you but that's because your eyes aren't watering from the heat. If you're a chile head like me, or...

White radish pickle

If you really are committed to eating locally, and/or growing your own food then i think you've caught on by now that in most...

Carrot & coconut mutney

It's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it. I can't help it. When the days get shorter, and colder, I become a...

Tigress has a brand new facebook page! (plus bribes!)

Let me start this off by saying that this is rather embarrassing. some of you may remember about a year ago, when i changed...

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...

Turkish fermented cabbage

Remember that heatwave we were having a couple of weeks ago? 95 degrees in new england. uh huh. of course my early cabbage decided...

Sweet preserved kumquats

Sun pods koon inspirations. (i'm absolutely sure of it) Shape like an oversized grape, taste like a very sweet lemon that can be eaten whole,...

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 an onslaught of these: the way...