Tag Archives: holiday gifts

Pre-Order the Food in Jars Cookbook!

Posted on December 22, 2011 by marisa

Okay kids, I have some fun news. The Food in Jars cookbook(subtitled Preserving in Small Batches Year-Round) is available for pre-order! Obviously, it won’t be shipping before you give gifts this week (expect to see physical copies of it around … Continue reading →

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Holiday Giving: Homemade Vanilla Extract

Posted on November 30, 2010 by marisa

Thanksgiving is behind us and out here on the East Coast, December is less than an hour away. Sounds to me like a fine time to start talking about homemade, edible gifts (well, as long as you’re prepping for Christmas. … Continue reading →

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Gift in a Jar: Vanilla Syrup

Posted on December 1, 2009 by marisa

A couple of years ago, I uncovered a secret that completely changed the way I cooked and baked. I discovered that it was possible to order bulk lots of vanilla beans on eBay for cheap. I went from treating the … Continue reading →

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Gift in a Jar: Apple-Cranberry Jam

Posted on November 24, 2009 by marisa

Throughout my childhood and teenage years, my parents’ standard holiday gift for friends and family was a bag of my dad’s homemade pancake mix (in particularly flush years, we’d also gift a bottle of maple syrup). The bag would also … Continue reading →

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