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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....

Help! Our Jam is Too Hard!

We've been in a confessional mood lately, offering up photos of our inedible cooking disasters... Here's another misstep, although the problem this time isn't with the taste. This jam is absolutely de...

How To: Use Up Overripe Fruit

Earlier this week we gave you some tips on using unripe fruit. But there's the other end of the spectrum — fruit that's about to give up the ghost. Read our suggestions for using it fast... ...

Seasonal Spotlight: Edible Flowers

At the farmer's markets in San Francisco right now, we're seeing a lot of the salad vendors selling edible flowers mixed in the salad bags. Edible flowers are not only colorful and pretty to look at,...

On Small and Unmarked Jars of Jam

We have a theory of jam. The less labeling, the better it is. We discovered this jam at the market, and the cheesemonger practically went into raptures over its deliciousness. And yet there was no ing...