Monthly Archives: August 2010

The Filling Station in Chelsea Market

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Marisa

One of the wonderful things about living in Philadelphia is that it’s so close to so much, making it incredibly easy to visit and explore other nearby cities. This weekend I’m taking a break from the canning pot so that … Continue reading →

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Photos From Last Week’s LA Times Canning Piece

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Marisa

As many of you know, a piece ran in last week’s Los Angeles Times food section about canning and the bloggers who use modern technology to share what they’ve been putting up. That’s Kevin West of the site Saving the … Continue reading →

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Canning 101: When Black Scum Forms on the Outside of Jars

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Marisa

You slave over a batch of jam, lovingly chopping the fruit and simmering it into sweet, sticky submission. At the end of a long canning session, you leave the jars with the rings on to cool on the counter, content … Continue reading →

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A Cheese’n Pickles Tasting with Madame Fromage

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Marisa

Long before I was a fervent jam and pickle-maker, I was a mild mannered grad student, trying to figure out how I wanted my life to look. It was Tenaya (then-professor, now-friend) who whispered in my ear, “You should keep … Continue reading →

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Pickled Sweet Cherries

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Marisa

I grew up in a family with a fairly limited condiment scope. We ate ketchup on burgers, grainy mustard on hot dogs and sausage and dipped steamed broccoli florets into little puddles of mayonnaise. Pickles were cucumber dills, either eaten … Continue reading →

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A Canning Chat with Jim Coleman and WHYY

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Marisa

Mark your calendars, canners! This Thursday, August 5 at 12 noon (eastern time), I’ll be participating in a  web chat with Jim Coleman, host of the WHYY show A Chef’s Table. We’ll be answering canning questions between 12 – 1 … Continue reading →

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Canning 101: Why You Shouldn’t Can Like Your Grandmother Did

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Marisa

When I first started canning in earnest, every few months, I’d wrap up a collection of full jars and ship them off to my parents. I just couldn’t resist sharing all the delicious things I was making with them. One … Continue reading →

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Blackberry-Apricot Jam

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Marisa

Blackberry season has come to the mid-atlantic region and I couldn’t be more delighted. I spent my childhood foraging blackberries in the Oregon brambles and those sweet, tart, juicy berries are some of my favorite summer fruits. While they don’t … Continue reading →

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Site Wackiness – An update

Posted on August 2, 2010 by scott

Hello all, Scott here again (Marisa’s husband/tech support). Just an update to let you all know that we’re still rooting around on the blog to get to the bottom of the wackiness Marisa mentioned yesterday. Related Posts:Nothing to see here.

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Site Wackiness

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Marisa

Hey Food in Jars readers. Just wanted to let you know that we’ve discovered a small, strange hack on this site. We have to go to a baby baptism right now, but will be back later this afternoon to fix … Continue reading →

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