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Spicy cranberry-pepper jelly
I am mildly addicted to jams, jellies, and preserves. Well, maybe it’s a little more than a mild addiction. More often than not, I will return home from a vacation with jars of jam in my luggage,...
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Stuffed brioche French toast
The week-end after learning to make croissants and brioche, I ate all (yes, I really mean all) the croissants and mini brioche buns I made. I know, I know. I probably shouldn’t have eaten them all. I...
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Making marmalade: cooking temperatures & the jam setting point
I love shopping for preserves, and I love eating preserves. I love making preserves too, but here’s the thing: I cannot stand recipes that suggest that I cook my jam to the “desired consistency” or...
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Three fruit marmalade
When I first met Camilla Wynne, I was attending her marmalade workshop, and she began class by cracking open a jar of store-brand marmalade so that we could sniff it. As strange as that might sound,...
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Rhubarb & juniper berry jam
So, I’ve been thinking. I’ve been single for…. well, it’s been a long time. That’s one way to put it. And while I have days when I actually take the time to put together a meal for myself, for the...
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Plum jam, 2 ways
I’ve had a craving for plum jam for weeks. Of course, before now, I had eaten plum jam, maybe a handful of times over the years, and it was all store-bought and pretty “meh!” if you ask me. Still, I...
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Spiced apple jam
It’s officially cold and fall-like out, which means that the squirrels are working overtime to hoard food and fill their bellies. It also means that the park where Jynx and I go for our walks has...
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Jalapeño jam | Preservation Society Home Preserves book giveaway
I have been waiting for Camilla Wynne’s book, Preservation Society Home Preserves: 100 Modern Recipes, for years. I’m not even kidding. I think it’s been about 2 years since Camilla told me the...
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Honey apricot jam with a little tea
“Errare humanum est” was probably my favourite quote in Latin class and, most likely, the only sentence in Latin that I truly understood. I struggled through most of my five years of studying an old...
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The Canning Kitchen Giveaway & a Blog Hop
It’s funny, I remember at the beginning of the summer, I was convinced that I wouldn’t be making any preserves. I had a strong feeling it just wasn’t going to happen and I had a lot of excuses: lack...
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