preserving

Carolyn Thomas shares expert pressure canning tips and a beginner-friendly recipe.

The sweet and tangy spread makes a great homemade holiday gift.

A beginner's guide to quick pickles, bread and butter pickles, and crisp fermented pickle spears.

If you have the luxury—I mean, the problem—of too many end-of-season tomatoes, then this confit is for you. ...

Tantalize your taste buds with summer flavors throughout the fall and winter.

Did you know that there are more than 7,000 different varieties of apples in the world? Some are ...

Submitted by Kay E. Fisher, Iowa In 1961, newly married Joanne Muller was given her aunt's treasured family ...

Fresh salsa is delicious, but it can be leveled up by fermenting it to create another layer of ...

So you planted a garden, lucked out when your property included fruit trees, stumbled upon a produce sale ...

It began with my friend, Amy Alkon, gushing about Dietz and Watson brand kosher dill pickles, which she ...

It’s tomato season here in Minnesota, as well as across much of the nation. We plant about 20 ...

This refrigerator pickle doesn’t require any canning. Though the pickled tomatoes are technically edible immediately, the flavors meld ...

Slow-roasting tomatoes brings out a unique depth of flavor. Use meatier tomato varieties, such as Roma, Brandywine, Black ...

Serve this juice over ice for a refreshing beverage, or use it as the base for Bloody Marys, ...

I do like my pickles, but I'm a lazy preserver. My solution is a speedy fix that omits ...

Blueberry season is in full force across the country. These sweet—yet not too sweet—and tart—yet not too tart—berries ...

Before there was Coca-Cola, there were shrubs. Not the kind that grow in your garden, but a sweet-and-sour ...

The middle of winter can be a tough time for tomato lovers. We're about as far away from ...

I find deeply satisfying the time spent preserving the best produce of the season for as long as ...

Making candied orange peels from scratch is not difficult; it just requires patience and dedication. The hands-on time ...

It always strikes me as a bit of a marvel that in the deepest and darkest days of ...

An essential ingredient in North African, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern cuisines, this powerful condiment adds brightness and complex ...

Patience is a virtue. Today, with almost our every need easily met by a tap on a touchscreen, ...

This time of year, you can often find baskets of pickling cucumbers at your local farmers market. Compared ...

In the early days of human civilization, before there were canning jars, refrigeration, and freezer bags, fermentation was ...

The beauty of this jam is the quickness of both making it and—happily—eating it. You’ll see. I use ...

Farmers markets are displaying enticing summer fruits and vegetables piled up high. This year’s harvest has been superb—so ...