Peach-ginger-lime preserves

24Sep08

People go on and on about local foods, but this was the local-est.  My coworker, who lives about three blocks away, has a peach tree in her yard that was about to drop all of its fruit.  She very kindly climbed the tree and picked peaches while I caught them in a bag and fretted [...]

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June Taylor, jam goddess

20Sep08

June Taylor preserves fruit.  She has a space in Berkeley and makes jam* by hand in small batches (in large pots, not on an industrial scale).  She uses local fruit (mostly), often organic, very simple, relatively low in sugar, no pectin.  She also teaches classes on preserving at home, and I’ve been able to attend [...]

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Rebranding time…

09Sep08

Well, things have been busy for a few months now, and while I’ve had time to do some baking, I’ve had considerably less time to write up the recipes.  And, I have a new obsession:
This is a summer’s worth of preserved fruit, minus giveaways and jars eaten.  So, in honor of one of my favorite [...]

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