Few sights inspire us to take a crack at home canning more than a farm stand overflowing with just-picked strawberries. A jar full of glistening homemade preserves makes a year-round prized treat, ...

Range through the jam shelves of your local fancy-food shop (or your own pantry), and you'll find a lot of fancy-pants jam. You know the kind I mean: the ones with four fruits and three spices and a ...

We use strawberry jam as an example to explore the underlying principles of water activity, a key technique for food preservation. For those of us in northern climates, strawberries are the first ...

The pelican is the state bird of Louisiana, and the state flower is the magnolia. But did you know that the state fruit is the strawberry? Yes, that most common and much-loved fruit is our Louisiana ...

As the weather gets colder, many fruits and veggies are out of season, but with a little preparation early in the year, a lot ...

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 ...

After you pick your own strawberries, get ready to make jams, jellies and preserves. 2010 News & Observer File Photo - Juli Leonard [email protected] With their heart shape, ruby hue and ...

Merrilee Olson, on right, kitchen supervisor Mayte Lopez on her left, and crew in the FoodWorks kitchen. Photo: Duncan Garrett It's no secret that Marin County farms produce an abundance of local, ...

West Michigan's largest home and garden show is back for its 43rd season at DeVos Place from March 3-6. The show will have 11 feature gardens, nearly 300 local businesses featuring every product and ...

Jenny Lichtenwalner was well into her pregnancy when she first felt the need to boil a huge pot of water. The final trimester is not the ideal time to pick up a new hobby, but she had been wondering ...

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 ...