This comprehensive book takes a fresh look at preserving, offering all the basic information you need. There are sections filled with expert advice on choosing ingredients and cooking every type of preserve, from marmalades to jellies to relishes to foods preserved in oil.

This handbook boasts more than 350 recipes ranging from jams and jellies to jerkies, pickles, salsas, and more -- including extender recipes to create brand new dishes using your freshly preserved farmer's market finds or vegetable garden bounty. Organized by technique, this book covers water bath and pressure canning, pickling, fermenting, freezing, dehydrating, and smoking. Instructions and step-by-step photos are included for beginners, while practiced...

"The eagerly anticipated follow-up to Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It offers more ideas for adventurous culinary DIYers to stock the larder with artisan food and drink, kitchen staples, tasty snacks, and gift-worthy eats. Want to make your own Plum Catsup (can it!), Strawberry Black Pepper Soda (bottle it!), and Chipotles in adobo (smoke it!)? Join food writer Karen Solomon in the culinary revolution that has changed the way people think about the boxed...

While there are many books on canning, freezing, and pickling foods, few are as comprehensive as this one. Readers learn how easy and beneficial food preservation can be with this guide that offers detailed, step-by-step instructions.

Written by the founder of Blue Chair Fruit, this cookbook provides nearly 120 original recipes organized around the seasons. Recipes range from the more straightforward, such as plum jam, to the more complex, such as strawberry-blood orange marmalade with rosemary.