Food Preservation

If one of your goals in life is to enjoy peaches all year long, in your muesli or on your peanut butter and peach jam sandwich, then keep reading. Close …

Berry season is here! And if blueberries are your jam (See what I did there?), you probably enjoy tossing them on your morning yogurt, into a smoothie or directly in …

Mouthwateringly ripe cherries of the red or black kind hang but once a year on the most beloved trees. Picking a bowlful (one for the bowl, one for the mouth) …

Are you planning to can this summer for the first time, or are you an experienced canner in need of inspiration to find modern ways of doing old-fashioned things? Either …

I am incredibly selective about kitchen appliances and doodads. If it’s going to take up space in my kitchen, it better work hard. And there’s one appliance that outworks all …

Growing pumpkins in your garden can be incredibly rewarding, especially if you enjoy the taste of homemade puree for pies, soups and even pasta sauce. But if you get a …

If cheese is an essential food in your life, listen up, for there is more than one brilliant way to store cheese, so it lasts longer. There may even be …

Halloween has come and gone. All the ‘good’ candy is gone; it’s nothing but pink pieces of cement (also known as Hubba Bubba) and those weird peanut butter taffy things …

Blink, and you’ll miss it. The asparagus season, that is. For gardeners, fresh asparagus and rhubarb are the first two plants to harvest each spring, but only if you’ve taken …

Do you know what’s awful? Mushy canned asparagus. That’s what’s awful. You know what’s amazing? Dilly pickled asparagus. Especially dilly pickled asparagus that only takes a whopping five minutes of …

When asparagus is in season, you better enjoy a few green stems every chance you get. If you don’t spear the chance, you’ll likely have to wait another year till …

If you’ve harvested a bumper crop of red onions and you aren’t sure what to do with them, no need to despair, that’s where quick pickled red onions come into …

Among my friends, I’m known as a dab hand in the kitchen and garden. However, my family knows better. They see all the kerfuffles, gardening-endeavors-gone-wrong, terrible meals, and dead houseplants …

Ah, the poor zucchini. This humble cucurbit ends up being the joke of many a gardener each summer. With comparisons to baseball bats and billy clubs, its reputation for producing …

For many people, fridges and freezers are an important element of the kitchen. They are food-saving devices that store everything from ice cream to orange juice, including everything you need …

Throwing out leftovers that have languished in the fridge always makes me feel guilty, especially if it was from a meal we all enjoyed. But nothing makes me feel worse …

Potatoes and onions are appetizing when French-fried and served up on a plate, yet there are reasons to keep a safe distance between the two in the pantry. In the …

Not all foods can last forever. Except one. That would be honey. It’s but one of the longest-lasting foods to store in your pantry – but only if you store …

Strawberry season is a quick one. It could be as short as a couple of weeks if it was a cold spring. That’s why as soon as those berries are …

Can you imagine eating a 9-month old apple? What do you even think that would taste like? Some people may conjure up images of wrinkly, or moldy and shrunken apples; …

If you’ve followed our secrets for your best strawberry harvest, you’ve probably got a ton of bright red berries on your hands this year. Finding yourself with a large basket …

A recent survey suggested that beets are the second most hated vegetable in the United States – being narrowly beaten by turnips. It’s not that they’re unlovable, perhaps they’re just …

Honey is one of the longest lasting foods – and medicine – you can store in your pantry. It’s possible to keep a jar safe and sweet for years and …

Plastic is not bad. Yup, you read that right. One trip to the doctor’s or a stay in the hospital is all you need to realize that plastic is important. …