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Recipe: Cara Cara Orange Curd

Soon after Elizabeth mentioned them, we spotted cara cara oranges at our local grocery. We ate a few for afternoon snacks, but then our thoughts quickly turned to dessert. Wouldn't this sweet citrus m...

What Can I Do With My Stockpile of Jams?
Good Questions

Q: Somehow in the crazy holiday gift givings, I ended up with SEVEN different jars of homemade jams and marmalades. The flavors are interesting and all over the place (jalapeno peach, boysenberry, cra...

Apples Galore! How to Make Apple Butter

Have you ever had apple butter? Personally, we can't get enough of it! Apple butter is applesauce that gets slowly cooked down until it becomes a thick, glossy, caramelized spread. So good on toast an...

Three Onion Jam Recipes

I've been doing a lot of canning since April, taking advantage of all the seasonal fruits and vegetables and filling my larder. After a large batch of fruit jam-making, I decided I wanted to balance ...

Decorate Your Jars! Five Lovely Canning Label Templates

Have you been canning this summer? If you're thinking of gifting any of your delicious homemade goodies, here are some pretty labels to help jazz up your canning jars and let your lucky friends and ...

What Can I Do With Too-Sweet Blackberry Jelly?
Good Questions

Q: Help! I made my first foray into making jelly last night, didn't realize I was using low-sugar pectin and added the amount of sugar the recipe called for. The result is a blackberry jelly that is f...

Quick and Easy Gooseberry Jam

Last week we showed you the gooseberries we picked up while on vacation in Canada. Gooseberries are not usually found in our neck of the woods and so we were excited to make jam with the half pint or ...

Recipe: 3-Day Apricot Jam

For many of us, spending the whole day in the kitchen canning is a realm in heaven. Others just scoff and roll their eyes: who has that kind of time on their hands? While I usually fall into the fo...

What's The Difference Between Jam, Jelly, Conserves, Marmalade, Etc?
All About Different Types of Soft Spreads

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between all the soft spreads? Are jelly and jam the same thing? What's a gelée? In this post, we'll explain the differences....

Recipe Recommendation: Tarragon Strawberry Jam

Strawberries have been in the San Francisco farmer's markets for a month now, and I have been busy buying them up and making jams! I bought enough strawberries for three batches of jam, so after maki...

Paired! Humboldt Fog Cheese with Ficoco Spread

Have you ever heard of Ficoco? No? Well, let us introduce you then. Ficoco is a rich, dark spread made in Croatia out of figs and cocoa. It's lightly sweet, but full of flavor, and it is superb when p...

How To Flavor a Cake with Jam Syrup

If you've got a few spoonfuls of jam in your refrigerator, you can turn a plain yellow or chocolate cake into something special without altering the recipe one bit. We added a hint of raspberry flavor...

Quick and Easy Dessert: Shortbread Jam Tart

Have you ever made a jam tart? We can't think of an easier old-fashioned dessert. You just spread a pretty little shortbread base with some thick, tasty jam, and bake it until it's shiny and a little ...

Recipe: Oven-Roasted Tomato Jam

Sometimes a recipe arises from a confluence of ideas and inspiration -- a convergence of influence, flavor, and downright craving. This recipe is one of those. It was inspired by Laurie Colwin's raptu...

The Cheesemonger: Easy Make-Them-Yourself Cheese Accompaniments
Un-Gift Guide 2008

We could spend practically the same amount of time talking about the things to serve with cheese as we could about the actual cheese. This year, why not draw inspiration from your favorite cheese shop...

Recipe: Sweet Butternut Squash and Coconut Jam

Remember the doce de abóbora - sweet pumpkin compote - that we showed you earlier this week? Well, we were so inspired by that and the butternut squash version from Patricia that we had to try it our...

Making Jam, E. Coli, and Sodium
Top food news for October 27-31

Here we are with the weekly food news roundup. There's some local San Francisco news throw in here, too. Read on ......

From the Files: Jam, Jelly, Pickles, and Preserves

Click thumbnails to go to post Jam, jelly, and preserves can have such a diversity of flavors and interesting ingredi...

Survey: What's Your Favorite Kind of Jam?

Jam, jelly, preserves, confiture. Whether you make your own or buy it, what's your very favorite flavor? It's hard to pick just one, of course, so if you have more favorites, tell us in the comments. ...

Recipe Roundup: Concord Grapes

We recently talked about discovering different types of grapes, and this week we brought home a bunch of Concord grapes from the local market. We then discovered something else – those suckers aren'...

Easy Appetizer Template: Jam + Pork + Cheese

A good appetizer can be hard to find. We get tired of dips. And creating tiny, individual, stuffed somethings is time-consuming. We're always looking for a dish that's easy and crowd-pleasing, and we ...

Look! Can You Name This Fruit?

Recipe: Peach, Plum, and Ginger Jam

You may remember our last attempt at this jam, when it turned out a wee bit hard. But because the flavor was so good, and because we were determined not to let the jam win, we gave it another try... ...

Public Communal Jam Event
Los Angeles

A week ago a couple hundred people showed up to a gallery in Echo Park, fruit in hand, excited to make some jam with the guys behind Fallen Fruit....