A delicious jar of homemade jam is perfect for the holiday season. All you need is a little bit of fruit, sugar and a clean ...

person carrying a tray of fruit jam in jars - Kathrin Ziegler/Getty Images When you think of making homemade jam, a vision of long hours cooking over the stovetop, filling jars, and canning them to ...

My grandmother wasn’t your average grandmother in the kitchen. She was a huge advocate for quick and easy meals. On days when she wanted a sandwich she could slap together for herself and my ...

My little son asked why I bothered—and got a longer answer than he'd expected. "Why do you bother making jam when you can just buy it at the store for cheap?" My youngest son posed an excellent ...

Making jam is the accessible starting point for food resilience, connecting a simple kitchen practice to a deep history of economic stability and personal empowerment. If you're a home preserver, ...

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Pop the assembled toasts in the microwave and heat for 15 to 20 seconds. Use a butter knife or spoon to smear the jam into ...

Small Batch Jam Co’s pink guava jam is the top seller. Photo by Karla Kane. They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. In Pablo Lugones’ case, life gave him blackberries, so he made jam.

Here's a little secret: I'm probably not a better baker than you are. I just said 'yes' when asked if I wanted to write a food column. Part of the reason I decided to do this, though, is to push ...

This story is a component of the feature “Seasons of Preserves: Apple Butter,” which is part of a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” When making fruit jam, which is ...