Q. I would like to make tomato jam or preserves from some of the sweet heirloom tomatoes in my garden. I prefer not to use Certo. Do you have a good recipe? Thanks so much. - Corinne Kitts Williams A.

With summer's abundance falling ripely from the vines in the form of tomatoes, many a gardener's thoughts turn to sauce. But at least one local family doesn't have a taste for the stuff, preferring ...

Cherry tomatoes provide a special challenge for gardeners who plan to preserve as much as the tomato harvest as possible. Great for snacking and throwing into salads, cherry tomatoes have too many ...

This is a typical Southern relish. Serve over green beans, black-eyed peas, butter beans or cabbage. — Nathalie Dupree Place all the ingredients in a heavy non-aluminum saucepan. Cook slowly, stirring ...

Sign up to get a taste of Los Angeles — and the world — in your own home and in your inbox every Friday There comes a moment every year around mid-August when the ...

Every recipe, it seems, has a story. Some are ordinary, but others come with a colorful history. "This tomato recipe is sweet and spicy and a favorite of mine from the 1930s and '40s," Lavern Maloney ...

Instructions: Tie pickling spice and ginger root in a square of cheesecloth, creating a spice bag. Combine sugar, lemon slices, water and spice bag in a large, deep stainless steel saucepan. Bring to ...