Preserving Food

Ancho Apple Butter

I couldn't help myself. it's fall and the apples are fallin' everywhere around here. This tree was here long before i even knew what a...

Srilankan Mustard

If the view out your window right about now looks something like this, Just the snow and the cold people - not the tracks!...

Can jam July round up: Cucurbits

photo sugarcrafter All you can jammers in the house jumped headfirst into the pickling process and for that i'm proud! Family recipes & memories, experienced canners...

Apple marmalade with rosemary

at some point i opened my fridge last week and precisely 4 apples, 1 orange and 2 lemons sky-dove directly toward my toes and...

Gooseberry chutney with Bengali spice

I am going to start by saying this is not your typical english ‘bottled’ chutney. you’ll find no onions or garlic here. standard english chutney...

Lavender syrup

is this just like, stupid gorgeous? don’t hate me, but i was there! and i have long toes too, see: that should make you...

Tigress’ canned tomatoes: sauced

Ok, ok, you twisted my paw. this post is about my favorite way to can tomatoes. there, you got me! yes, i used to...

Plum Hot Jelly!

this weekend went by very fast! up here in the southern berkshires we had our first frost the leaves have been whipping around and...

Homemade Yogurt

For the past two weeks i can't say i haven't thought about you. I have been eating a lot. turkey, hell, probably the entire eastern mediterranean...

Rhubarb Lavender Shrub

Ok, I swear I think this is going to be the last of the rhubarb posts for this year. That isn’t to say that...