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My Adventures in Fruit Butter: Cranberry Butter
I’ve made a lot of jams and preserves, this year especially, but never attempted butter. When my friend came over a few weeks back with her homemade apple and peach butters, I was jealous and inspired...
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My Adventures in Fruit Butter: Apple Butter
After seeing how easy Cranberry Butter was to make, I was ready for apple butter. Apple butter is basically apple sauce, cooked down until its thick and spreadable. One method of cooking it down is...
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My Adventures in Fruit Butter: Cranapple Butter
Cranberry butter? Check. Apple butter? Check. Now let’s combine the two [insert evil laugh here]. Of course there’s nothing evil about cranapple butter. How could something so tasty be evil? I’m...
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Another Way to Get Your Daily Servings of Wine
Doctors prescribe 1-2 glasses of wine daily. I certainly have no problems following my doctor’s orders! But I know, our schedules are busy and sometimes it seems hard to fit in those two glasses every...
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Foraging for Violets – Homemade Violet Jelly
I’m always a little hesitant when it comes to making jellies. (A) they’re a lot more work than jam. You need to collect the juices of whatever fruit (or in this case flower) you’re using, then cook...
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Preserving Berry Season
Raspberry and Blackberry Jams As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m a sucker for berries and tend to pay way too much to secure the first of the season, especially strawberries. I kept seeing raspberries...
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Feeling Peachy? Maybe a Bouquet of Lavender?
It’s peach season and they’re everywhere. Did you know they’re actually the second largest fruit crop in the US? If you guessed apples as the first largest, you’re right. Even with the growing season...
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Love Jam? How about Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe preserves, who’d have thought? I know, when I accidentally flipped to the recipe I was confused and curious all at the same time. If you check out some of the jams you find at your local...
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When Life Gives You Grapes, Make Jam!
When I was growing up, my house backed up to a dried up creek that lead to a park. I loved it because it saved about 15 minutes cutting through to my friend’s house rather than having to walk all the...
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Jam Season is Here – Lavender Strawberry Jam
With June comes berries. First the strawberries trickle in, slowly followed by blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and cherries. By mid July we’re practically swimming in berries–certainly not a...
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Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
The combination of strawberry and rhubarb is nothing short of genius. Food needs to be balanced–salty, sweet, spicy, tart. The combination of sun warmed fresh strawberries and blood-red crisp rhubarb...
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Vanilla Rhubarb Jam with Earl Grey Tea
The strawberry-rhubarb combination is legendary and for good reason. As I’ve advocated in many of my recent posts, it’s the perfect combination of sweet and tart. But sometimes even the best pairs...
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Foraged Mulberries and Homemade Jam
I was probably about 6 the first time I encountered mulberries. We pulled into the parking lot of our town’s fitness center for my weekly swimming lesson. We had an outdoor pool but I was too delicate...
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Balsamic Cherry Preserves
The thermometer might have said 90° last Saturday, but I swear it was much hotter. Maybe not so hot as humid. Stepping outside I needed to forcefully push myself through the thick, hot air, each step...
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Vanilla Honey Apricot Preserves
I read somewhere that apricots are one of the only fruits that improve in flavor through cooking. I never want to believe such a thing could be true. All winter I indulge on dried apricots and apricot...
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Spicy Tomato Jam
In February I went to my first ever BK Swapper event. My jams, jellies and caramel sauce traded well for a bounty of goods but what I remember most was the tomato jam. Sweet, sticky, with a bit of...
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Balsamic Tomato Jam with Fresh Basil
Quite pleased with my first batch of spicy tomato jam (I’m convinced I could have made another jar if I didn’t sample it so much), I still had about 4 pounds of tomatoes left over from my two bushel...
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Simple Cherry Preserves
Hands down, cherries are my favorite part of summer. I usually can’t bring myself to buy them out of season because they’re just never as good. And the second best thing to fresh cherries in season is...
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Canning Project: Sticky Figgy Jam
From the moment I realized a fig tree grows in Brooklyn, I’ve been dreaming of Brooklyn-grown figgy jam. I’ve stalked the greenmarkets, traveled to Williamsburg where I know the Brooklyn Kitchen often...
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