Happy August everyone! Wow, what a month of bounty! Broccoli and cauliflower are in the freezer, the green beans and cukes are flourishing, the raspberries and peas are finally slowing down, the blackberries are almost ready, and the apples are coming along beautifully. I’ve been harvesting and preserving like crazy, and I still can’t keep […]
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Pomona’s Day Giveaway!
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Connor and Ian’s No-Cook Strawberry Freezer Jam
Yay, it’s finally strawberry season! I know that lots of you further south have been enjoying local berries for a while now…. but here in Maine, these things just take a while, you know? In any case, if you are itching to make some jam, I have a great recipe for you–No-Cook Strawberry Freezer Jam! It’s […]
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Win a Copy of Preserving with Pomona’s Pectin!
Happy almost summer, everyone! I’m loving the hot weather and getting dirty in the garden (especially after such a long, cold winter this year!), and even more than that, I’m excited that it’s almost canning season again! Here in Maine, strawberries are pretty much the first fruit that we have locally available each summer. […]
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Talk About Preserving!
I had a fun opportunity last week to be a guest on a Maine Calling–a great program on Maine Public Radio–talking about canning and preserving. If you want to take a listen, here it is! http://news.mpbn.net/post/canning-and-other-ways-save-your-gardens-bounty Tweet Share on Tumblr
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Blueberry-Maple Jam in the 207 Kitchen!
Video copyright WCSH6, Portland, Maine It was great to be back in the “207” kitchen the other day to make some blueberry-maple jam! As usual, the crew at WCSH6 is a lot of fun to work with, and the segment aired here in Maine last night. And, just in case the segment does what […]
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“Preserving with Pomona’s Pectin” Giveaway, Plus a Recipe from the Book!
Photo copyright Fairwinds Press Happy Saturday Afternoon! I hope you’re enjoying the weekend. So, I wanted to let you all know about something I’m quite excited about–a giveaway that I’m participating in with my friends at Pomona’s Pectin! The giveaway includes a copy of my book “Preserving with Pomona’s Pectin and a box of Pomona’s […]
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Connor and Ian’s Strawberry-Honey Jam
Every year during strawberry season, I’m caught off-guard just a little bit. Not by the berries, or the weather, or anything like that–but by my boys. Because we do pretty much exactly the same thing each strawberry season–pick berries and make jam–it’s hard not to notice how much they’ve grown–in all kinds of ways–from one […]
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Honeyed Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam on “207”!
If you didn’t catch my jam-making segment on “207” last night, here it is! Enjoy! Video copyright “207”, WCSH6, Portland, Maine Honeyed Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam Excerpted from Preserving with Pomona’s Pectin by Allison Carroll Duffy (Fairwinds Press, 2013) Before You Begin: Prepare calcium water. To do this, combine 1/2 teaspoon calcium powder (in the small packet […]
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“Preserving with Pomona’s Pectin” Giveaway!
Good morning! I just wanted to let you all know that the good folks at Fairwinds Press are doing a give-away of my book! All you need to do is visit one of the websites listed below (or just click here http://www.quarryspoon.com/2013/06/a-jamtastic-giveaway-and-margarita.html), enter the giveaway, and you might just win a copy of the […]
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Favorite Fiddleheads
The season is finally here–fiddleheads are up! They’ve been up around here for a few weeks actually, and we’ve gotten out to pick a couple of time so far. Ben did a little exploring during his lunch break about two weeks ago and found a new patch (well, not new, but new to us) along […]
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