Winter Squash Preserves with Vanilla and Rum
I can’t wait for my youngest son’s new joke on me. He previously cracked up over my remark that I’d […]
Pantry Gone Rogue: Pickled Tomatillo Salsa
When taste buds need waking up, add spicy pickles. While I am fond of the slightly sweet tomatillo salsa that […]
Saving the Season: Preserved Lemons and Kumquats
Citrus makes winter brighter. We feast when great lemons, oranges, tangerines and grapefruit are in peak season, along with citrus-like […]
Grapefruit Marmalade
This marmalade’s a winner. Strips of grapefruit rind are suspended in a clear, bright, and clean-tasting, slightly syrupy jelly. Served […]
Pomegranate Ginger Jam
I’ve been working on pomegranate jam for two years and I am getting closer. Like cherries, pomegranates have a fleeting […]
Cranberries Meet Sweet-Hot Chili Jam for Thanksgiving
Here’s the perfect holiday condiment. It works as well with goat cheese and crostini as it does with turkey and […]
Green Tomato Relish
This is not just any green tomato relish. It’s Mrs. Dorsey Brown’s Green Tomato Pickle, as recounted in Kevin West’s […]
Green Tomato Chutney
I was just barely ahead of the curve. A killing frost was underway when I rescued a basket of green […]
Pickled Pequin Peppers and Hot Sauce
These little pequins are hot hot hot. They grow abundantly on two small bushes that I am about to bring […]
Pickling Green Tomatoes and Tomatillos
Our garden became a little shop of horrors. Indeterminate heirloom cherry tomato vines run rampant, twining around each other, pulling […]
Preserving Tarragon in Vinegar
At the end of the summer, I start preserving herbs in quantity. A couple of years ago, I wrote a […]
Nectarine Jam: Summer Simplicity
This is as close to summer in a jar as it gets. The rosy-skinned nectarines from our local orchard have […]
Brandied Apricots
There’s Christmas in July or August in the southern hemisphere. Feasts that replicate our December fare in the land of […]
Last Chance Jams: Apricot Sour Cherry Jam and Apricot Red Currant Jam
Local apricots have a fleeting presence where I live. Some people are surprised they’re grown here at all. That’s why, […]
Rhubarb Vanilla Preserves
The last stalks of organic rhubarb in the farm market will not go begging this year. They were reduced to […]
Blueberry and Red Currant Jam
Tart up your blueberries with red currants. They’re in season at the same time, so are natural companions. I find […]
