When you imagine canning beautiful produce for later, you likely think of water bath canning. It's a classic method (and probably what Grandma used), but it's not meant for every food. Water bath ...

When the summer garden is at its peak and the harvest is coming in fast and furious, it is difficult to use or give away all of this produce before it spoils, so many gardeners would like a way of ...

A deeply philosophical question. But seriously, doesn't it take time? Isn't it complicated? Aren't there safety risks? The idea behind canning is to preserve the very freshest, ripest summer foods — ...

If you are anything like me, a trip to the farmers market means coming home with more veggies than you could ever eat before your next visit. Following a recent stop at Sassafras Hill Farm in Barnegat ...

About 20 years ago, I decided to learn how to preserve my food by canning. While I was growing up, my mother cooked wonderful food, utilizing fresh fruits and vegetables from the local green grocer ...

Canning is back in vogue. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, canning and other forms of at-home food preservation were returning to kitchens around the country as a culinary tradition. As the pandemic ...

It was mid-July and berries were bountiful at the Corvallis farmers market. From gigantic loganberries and big fat Spartan blueberries to elegant little black raspberries and chi chi marionberries. I ...

Canning is one of my favorite summer pastimes, because I’m able to preserve homegrown or locally grown summer produce at its peak and enjoy it later. I’ll spend the entire day canning, so I can make ...