Put a lid on it. Canning, preserving and freezing can help extend summer’s bounty into fall and winter. From traditional water bath and pressure canning to quick freezer jams and refrigerator pickles, ...

A century ago, every woman in rural America had a hope chest and a Mason jar collection. These coveted jars were brought into use during the August and September harvest season when the farm yielded ...

Whether you grow your own or buy produce to preserve, canning not only legitimately saves money and reduces waste, but results in better tasting and fresher canned food than the stuff you can buy, and ...

The makers of Ball canning products have put out another authoritative guide to pickling and preserving. “Ball Canning Back to Basics” (Oxmoor House, $16.99, paperback) is subtitled “A Foolproof Guide ...

A century ago, every woman in rural America had a hope chest and a Mason jar collection. These coveted jars were brought into use over the August and September harvest season when the farm yielded its ...

Every year when the beets start piling up on my counter, I know it is time to make pickled beets. This is one of my favorite ...

I picked up a cookbook last week to peruse some canning recipes and what I saw left me cold. Two recipes, one for preserving green beans, the other for asparagus, called for processing the vegetables ...