Monthly Archives: August 2011

This is the first picture I’ve taken for a new series I’m thinking of starting for Food in Jars. I plan to call it Preserves in Action, in order to document the ways I use all the food I can. … Continue reading →

Looking west on Walnut Street. Fall is coming.

I love the pink scooter at the end of a row of big, burly motorcycles.

Just about once a year, Scott makes a batch of eggplant parm (here’s the 2010 edition). He cuts the eggplant very thin rounds, lightly coats each slice in egg and bread crumbs and then bakes each one into a tasty, … Continue reading →

I did a canning demonstration out at the Phoenixville Farmers’ Market today. When I was done making up a batch of Honey Lemon Apple Jam (which some folks loved and others hated), I did a bit of shopping for myself. … Continue reading →

A bit of the preserving I’ve done recently. On the left is blueberry maple jam (inspired by a recipe on Well Preserved). In the middle is five pints of gingery pickled beets (it’s a recipe in the cookbook). On the … Continue reading →

Nine jams that I’ve put up an incentive to get people to make donations to the Bloggers Without Borders fundraiser for Jennie Perillo. More details here.

Beets in the only Pyrex bowl I bought this trip. They became five pints of gingery pickles.

I am not a big doughnut eater. Most of the time they’re not nearly as good as you want them to be. However, once in a while, when you’re in Lancaster County (that’s doughnut country) where people know how to … Continue reading →

Rearranging, in order to make space for all the new jars I bought this week.