Growing up, I always ate Thanksgiving dinner with my friends’ families since my own family never celebrated it — not because they weren’t thankful on that day, but because it was never…
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jam and jelly
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Hello, friends. We are deep in the dog days of summer, and despite the heat wave that I hear is also happening all over the country, this is one of my favorite…
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The strawberries at my local farmers’ markets are going strong right now, and I can never resist picking up a few baskets after the vendors ply me with samples and smiles. My…
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My feijoa tree is dropping less and less fruit every day, and I feel the end of the season is near. I managed to gather one last basket full of feijoas last…
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So after eating apples for a week and barely making a dent in my U-pick bushel, it was time to get serious about them. I needed to reduce my mountain of apples…
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Canning, Freezing & More Preserving, Recipes, Sips & SyrupsLemon-Honey Jelly (and an Accidental Syrup)
A three-ingredient jelly recipe that uses no sugar? It almost sounds too good to be true… Except it is true, and truly good whether it’s spread on English muffins or Southern cornbread.…
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I admit it. The only reason I made Grapefruit-Rosemary Jelly is because after spending a day chopping and supreming and canning a batch of Orange-Grapefruit-Ginger Marmalade, I’d had enough of citrus preserving…
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Citrus season is in full swing in Southern California, and while everything in my garden is rather monotonous right now — green lettuces, green collards, green kale, green chard, turnip greens and…
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Last week I brought you my all-time favorite homemade preserve — balsamic fig jam with black peppercorn. Hopefully, you still have enough figs left over because you will definitely want to try…
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What’s more exciting than picking that first ripe fig of the season off your tree? Picking an entire basketful of ripe, juicy figs! And a basketful is enough to make a small…