A cooks guide to home canning, pickling, and preserving even without its. The ball book of complete canning is the first book i turn to when im looking for a new canning recipe or when i cant decide how i want to can produce. Canning is coined to indicate the delicate art of preserving food for later consumption. Canning is indeed one of the most economical and spacesaving ways to store food. These are the tastes of kevin wests southern childhood, and they are the tastes that inspired him to save the season, as he traveled from the citrus groves of southern california to. A cooks guide to home canning, pickling, and preserving, hardcover by west, kevin, isbn 0307599485, isbn 9780307599483, brand new, free shipping in the us a sumptuously illustrated reference for home cooks and preserving enthusiasts provides more than 100 seasonally organized recipes for options ranging from sweet preserves and savory pickles to produce and condiments. I discovered kevin wests beautiful blog, saving the season, soon after he started writing it in 2009. Jun 29, 20 kevin west is a canning evangelist, and hes the author of saving the season, a colorful guide to preserving the bounty from a backyard vegetable harvest or a compulsive farmers market. This new work lives up to and expands the ideals of its predecessors. Preserving the seasons fruits with a canning evangelist. Jun 21, 2010 herald press, the publisher of the excellent simply in season and mennonite countrystyle recipes, sent me their new saving the seasons.
It probably goes hand in hand with that whole farmers market thing you spend. Kevin west is a canning evangelist, and hes the author of saving the season, a colorful guide to preserving the bounty from a backyard vegetable harvest or a compulsive farmers market. It won an award, so i figured it must be okay, at the very least. The ball blue book, published in cooperation with ball has been the goto canning guide for over 100 years. That particularly great because it then becomes an allinone reference. One night out of the blue, ratchet clarks illnatured mother uproots her from florida without a second thought. Saving the seasons includes three sections, canning, freezing and drying. How to can, freeze or dry almost anything, a new book meyer edited for her employer, herald. You cant get much closer to the source of your food than canning or preserving it yourself, and saving the seasons shows you how through clear instructions and stepbystep pictures. A cooks guide to home canning, pickling, and preserving first edition by kevin west isbn. West, a former reporter and editor, is a thoughtful and nimble writer who finds poetry, beauty, and wonder in the technical and sometimes daunting endeavor of. More of all of the above, plus cucumber pickles and beets. Kevin wests superb new book on the art of home canning seems destined to become a classic. Information about canning, freezing and drying used to be passed down from generation to generation.
Little harmonies loft this book from eccentric to essential, and from my kitchen to my nightstand. Its one that i predict will yield fresh inspiration for many seasons to come. Saving the seasons june 17, 2010 14 comments ive been getting a number of requests lately, both over email and on the facebook page, asking me to recommend a couple of good canning books for people just getting started canning. How to can, freeze, or dry almost anything herald press. Now, a new generation can learn preserving techniques and start enjoying the harvest year round. All techniques are thoroughly researched and tested. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. I try to plant according to how much we use, preserve or are planning to can but sometimes my garden has other ideas and mass produces something, ahem, zucchini. In the last few days, ive read the book cover to cover, and found many recipes i want to try this summer. It has many different recipes listed by fruit, vegetable, or meat in the massive index, from a homemade raspberry chocolate ice cream sauce to salsas, pickles, flavored vinegar, and even.
Saving the season is a great new canning book i have, at various times in my cooking life, been a compulsive canner. The stories woven into the text make this one great for curling up and. Jan 10, 2018 whether you are a firsttime canner or a seasoned pro, one of the best bits of advice i can offer when canning is to have a plan. Kevin west, the author of the new cookbook saving the season. Kevin west a stylish, richly illustrated, practical guide for home cooks and preserving enthusiasts, the first cookbook from journalist kevin west, author of the popular blog. Loaded with helpful tips, charts and userfriendly recipes for beginners and experts alike, you will enjoy the seasons bounty all year long. Simply in season, more with less, and extending the table. This cookbook by west, journalist and homecanning blogger, venerates the art of putting up seasonal bounty of regional hillside orchards, forests, and gardens. The book is organized by seasons yet not always the season one would. Peaches that are fragrant and slightly yielding but still firm enough to handle are ideal for canning in syrup, as.
West understands, rightly, that cooking is an intensely personal and cultural pursuitthe sterile lists of measurements and cooking times of so many cookbooks do little except give. Unlike processed foods you might associate with this method of food preservation, the right way of canning doesnt have any harmful preservatives that can affect our health. I was only a handful of months into this canning blogging gig myself and appreciated knowing that there was someone else out there with similar tendencies towards large scale fruit purchases local kitchen and hungry tigress also appeared around the same time and gave me equal comfort. We also start canning applesauce and dehydrating apples. But thats not the case today, say susanna meyer and mary clemens meyer, coauthors of the new book saving the seasons. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Saving the seasons has valuable tips that making your home canning and preserving a success.
A cooks guide to home canning, pickling, and preserving is far more than just a cookbook. A cooks guide to home canning, pickling, and preserving by west, kevin 20 hardcover hardcover 1600 by. Preserving vegetables without canning saving summers harvest. The 10 best small farming and homesteading books of 2020. Not that long ago, many people knew how to preserve food. How to can, freeze, or dry almost anything paperback at. Six canning books everyone should own real food mother. Southern roots and childhood memories of home canning with grandparents inspire wests passion for capturing the taste of the seasons in a jar. Ratchet is on a train to maine for a summer with relatives within the blink of an eye. A cooks guide to home canning, pickling, and preserving blows all those.
Herald press, the publisher of the excellent simply in season and mennonite countrystyle recipes, sent me their new saving the seasons. Attended a canning class with kevin west on 92014 received and a copy of saving the season. This is the first canning book many new canners purchase, and many long. These are the tastes of kevin wests southern childhood, and they are the tastes that inspired him to save the season, as he traveled from the citrus groves of southern california to the. Ratchets ninetytwoyear old greataunts, twins penpen. Saving the seasons,how to can, freeze, or dry almost anything,saving the.
Jul 21, 20 i discovered kevin wests beautiful blog, saving the season, soon after he started writing it in 2009. Jul 08, 2018 preserving vegetables without canning saving summers harvest. This oldschool kitchen ritual is the topic of his book, saving the season. Penpen and tilly were handsdown the best characters in the book. Loaded with helpful tips, charts and userfriendly recipes for beginners and experts alike, you will enjoy the seasons bounty all. West, a former reporter and editor, is a thoughtful and nimble writer who finds poetry, beauty, and wonder in the technical and sometimes daunting endeavor of preserving natures bounty. You cant get much closer to the source of your food than canning. Jan 01, 20 there are few books that meet the test, but kevin wests saving the season is one of them harold mcgees on food and cooking, oftquoted in this book, is another. I was only a handful of months into this canning blogging gig myself and. Whether you are a firsttime canner or a seasoned pro, one of the best bits of advice i can offer when canning is to have a plan. Canning preserves summers bounty for colder seasons ahead. There are few books that meet the test, but kevin wests saving the season is one of them harold mcgees on food and cooking, oftquoted in this book, is another. When it comes to preserving vegetables from the garden, most people think instantly of canning. A cooks guide to home canning, pickling, and preserving.
Polly horvath is known for her odd characters and story lines, and the canning season was bountiful with both. Ratchet was a bit strange for a teenager, but she grew up in a rather odd home, so that might explain it. While i was in the section on drying foods, i remembered that somewhere up in our attic is a food dryer and im wondering now why its been up there for so long. How to can, freeze, or dry almost anything 9780836195125 by mary clemens meyer, susanna meyer.
With too many delicious strawberries to eat, west turned to a family tradition. One of the terrific things about saving the seasons is the fact that it is dedicated to all forms of food preservation, from canning, to drying, to freezer preserving. Kat kinsman, eatocracy i would be smitten with kevin wests saving the season. Saving the seasons how to can, freeze, or dry almost.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. West understands, rightly, that cooking is an intensely personal and cultural pursuitthe sterile lists of measurements and cooking times of so many cookbooks do little except give us formulas for caloric intake. Saving the season the essential guide to home canning. West understands, rightly, that cooking is an intensely personal and cultural pursuit the sterile lists of measurements and cooking times of so many cookbooks do little except give. Information about canning, freezing and drying was passed down from generation to generation. Can you believe there is a recipe for canned apple cake. It is a hefty hardcover book, with an indepth index, a bibliography, and informative appendices that provide information about popular fruit varieties, peak fruit and vegetable seasons by region, and a helpful ph guide. Saving the seasons by mary clemens meyer overdrive rakuten.
This cookbook by west, journalist and home canning blogger, venerates the art of putting up seasonal bounty of regional hillside orchards, forests, and gardens. Loaded with helpful tips, charts and userfriendly recipes for beginners and experts alike, you will enjoy the season s bounty all year long. Im thinking of throwing out all my picking and preserving books. Subtitled seed saving and growing techniques for vegetable gardeners, this book details how to save seeds for over 160 vegetables, including detailed information about each vegetable. I coordinate my canning around my seasonal harvest. I did all of my canning this year and believe me i did a lot. I would be smitten with kevin wests saving the season. Saving the seasons is the newest cookbook from the publishers of the trifecta of beloved mennonite cookbooks. Seed to seed is the quintessential reference book for learning how to save seeds from your garden.
Saving the season by kevin west by gina franklin 9. Information about canning, freezing and drying used to be passed down from. A cooks guide to home canning, pickling, and preserving even without its delectable recipes for blackberry jam with gin and persimmon butter. A cooks guide to home canning, pickling, and preserving, hardcover by west, kevin, isbn 0307599485, isbn 9780307599483, brand new, free shipping in the us a sumptuously illustrated reference for home cooks and preserving enthusiasts provides more than 100 seasonally organized recipes for options ranging from sweet preserves and savory pickles to produce and.
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