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 ...

There’s something truly special about homemade strawberry jelly. It’s sweet, simple, and packed with real fruit flavor—just like summer in a jar. With this strawberry jelly recipe for canning, you’ll ...

A hands-on water bath canning workshop will come to Duncan the first week of September. The workshop will begin at 9 a.m. Sept. 4 or 5 at the Conference Center at the Stephens County Fairgrounds.

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. It’s pepper season, but if you planted some ...

Have you ever craved sweet, fruity homemade jam but felt intimidated by the canning process? Fear not — 3-ingredient ...

How is it that the first fruit of summer turns out to be the star of one of the more difficult jams to make? Doesn't seem fair. Even experienced home food preservers will admit to wrestling with ...

Mint is the zucchini of herbs. When you have a bumper crop, here’s a mint jelly recipe for canning that taps your mint harvest. My favorite fun use of the chewing-gum herb is making a batch of mint ...

When I snagged a bag of perfectly ripe peaches at the local farmers market, I knew just what to do: invite my fellow MOTHER EARTH NEWS editors over to try out the new Ball freshTECH electric water ...

Victoria Hobal’s students are skeptical when she tells them canning is worth the effort. “ ‘This is what grandmas do,’ ” they’ll say. “I tell them it’s cool to be able to go into your cupboard ...

September 25, 2009 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Getting started with canning isn't as hard as you might think, but boiling jars in a stove might be a tad too ...