Tag Archives: CANbassador

Oven Roasted Nectarine Butter

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Marisa

Back in the summer, the folks from Sweet Preservation invited me to be one of their Canbassadors (click here and here to see Canbassador posts from previous years). The box of fruit arrived in early September and I wasted no … Continue reading →

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Urban Preserving: Italian Plum Jam with Star Anise

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Marisa

The day before Hurricane Irene hit the east coast, a massive box of fruit arrived on my doorstep. It was from the Washington State Fruit Commission, the folks behind the most fabulous website Sweet Preservation. A few weeks earlier, they’d … 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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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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