From the experts, the definitive book on home preserving. Ball Home Canning Products are the gold standard in home preserving supplies, the trademark jars on display in stores every summer from coast to coast. Now the experts at Ball have written a book destined to become the "bible" of home preserving. As nutrition and food quality has become more important, home ...

Manufacturer: Robert Rose
Written By: Judi Kingry, Lauren Devine

Anyone can learn to store fruits and vegetables safely and naturally with a cool, dark space (even a closet!) and the step-by-step advice in this book.

Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC
Written By: Mike Bubel, Nancy Bubel

The only book for home cooks offering a complete introduction to the craft.Charcuterie—a culinary specialty that originally referred to the creation of pork products such as salami, sausages, and prosciutto—is true food craftsmanship, the art of turning preserved food into items of beauty and taste. Today the term encompasses a vast range of preparations, most of which involve ...

Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
Written By: Michael Ruhlman, Brian Polcyn

Typical books about preserving garden produce nearly always assume that modern "kitchen gardeners" will boil or freeze their vegetables and fruits. Yet here is a book that goes back to the future—celebrating traditional but little-known French techniques for storing and preserving edibles in ways that maximize flavor and nutrition.Translated into English, and with a new foreword by ...

Manufacturer: Chelsea Green Publishing
Written By: The Gardeners and Farmers of Centre Terre Vivante

This book is divided into chapters that focus on particular types of food, and Katz provides readers with delicious recipes - some familiar, some exotic - that are easy to make at home. They include vegetable krauts and tempeh, beers, wines and meads, yoghurts and cheeses. The recipes provide a veritable smogasbord of tastes, like homemade tempeh, sauerkraut, and borscht, along with a basic ...

Manufacturer: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Written By: Sandor Ellix Katz

Far from being a fad, food dyhydrating is one of the most ancient, effective, and nutritous ways of preserving food. Now, at last, there is a book that teaches absolutely everything there is to know about using an electric food dyhydrator to dry foods at home -- and gives more than 100 foolproof recipes for scrumptious snacks and meals made from dried foods. With this extraordinary book, ...

Manufacturer: William Morrow and Co., Inc.
Written By: Mary Bell

The fourth edition of this classic guide to freezing, canning, and preserving food includes new information on freezing for the microwave, making Christmas presents, canning convenience food, and kitchen equipment. Reprint.

Manufacturer: Plume
Written By: Janet Greene, Ruth Hertzberg, Beatrice Vaughan

Thought about canning and preserving your own food? Maybe you haven’t given it a try because you believed it would be too involved. The truth is, today’s methods and procedures for home-canning, freezing, and drying food are simpler and easier than ever. And now, with this easy-to-follow book, you’ll get the information you need to can and preserve food safely. Canning and ...

Manufacturer: For Dummies
Written By: Karen Ward

Practical, easy-to-follow guide contains virtually everything consumers need to know about home canning: how to select, prepare, and can fruits, vegetables, poultry, red meats and seafoods; how to preserve fruit spreads, fermented foods, and pickled vegetables; how to prepare foods for special diets, and much more.

Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Written By: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Preserving Summer's BountySurefire techniques and great recipes for keeping the harvest!

Manufacturer: Rodale Books
Written By: Rodale Food Center