Homemade jam feels like sunshine in a jar. When I make a batch of this blueberry jam recipe in my kitchen, I want more than good flavor. I want a safe, reliable, research-based method that I can trust ...

When it comes to canning, a few tools will really help make the process easier. And you may already have suitable substitutes in your kitchen. You’ll need a jar grabber, but some good tongs will work ...

My very favorite thing to can is jam. Not quick freezer jam. Not “in-a-hurry” pectin-added jam. I prefer to make old-fashioned, long cooking, no-pectin-added jam. Every year I make cases of apricot ...

Some people learn to “put up” jams and veggies at their grandmother’s knee, but my gateway to canning was much more modern. I didn’t really get hooked until I began reading a blog called “Food In Jars ...

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As a fruit for preserves, the blueberry is tenacious. The taut globes hold their shape relentlessly — a quality appreciated in pie when, after a time in the hot oven, the berries burst gently. In the ...