• Preserves

    Hard Apple Cider Jelly

    I’ve been thinking a lot about jelly. I don’t care for it the same way I do jam or marmalade. I know that marmalade is just jelly with stuff in it, but…

  • Garden

    The Quiet

      The Internet seems quieter this week. Fewer tweets, not so much fussing with Facebook. Websites down for maintenance. Bloggers resting after the holiday rush of doing and making. It feels good…

  • Food, Holiday

    The Best Christmas Cookies

      The best Christmas cookies are the ones you’ve been making with family and friends for as many years as you can remember. Here’s a photo tour of one longstanding cookie-baking tradition,…

  • Preserves

    Lingonberry Banana Jam

    This jam won Best of Show at the 2011 Marin County Fair. I almost didn’t make this jam, because I was afraid no one would like it. Banana jam sounds really weird…

  • Food, Holiday

    Holiday Cookies Using Jam

    Aim high: Pomegranate Jam Hearts from Food Republik The holiday season is one of the only times I bake — and I have been known to get ambitious. I know I won’t…

  • Food

    Homegrown Marin Holiday Market

    “Slow Pokes” sets up to serve fab mushroom soup on a cool, cloudy day. I wish everyone could have an event in their neighborhood like the monthly Homegrown Marin Market. It’s a…

  • Preserves

    Pomegranate Champagne Jelly

    A few weeks ago, a very nice man from POM Wonderful contacted me and asked whether he could send me a free case of pomegranate juice. That made me laugh. Then it…

  • Lingonberry Applesauce
    Preserves

    Lowbush Cranberry Applesauce

    Wilderness preserving experiments — cranberry applesauce front and center I’ve had this simple recipe in my pocket since we got back from Alaska in September. At the end of August, we had…

  • Preserves

    Spicy Quince and Apple Chutney

    I had to wrestle this month’s Can Jam challenge to the ground. I love the ingredients that the Cosmic Cowgirl chose for us: apples, pears, and quince. (Stephanie is also the proprietress…