Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Food Preservation?
[Photograph: Robyn Lee]
Rewind 100 years and consider what you would be eating this time of year. Probably not the juicy strawberries you got from the grocery store—instead, a jar of sugared strawberries or strawberry jam you made by preserving those berries for later, when the temperature dipped. Though pickling, freeze-drying, smoking, and other forms of food preservation were a way of survival before, now they've become more of fun, crafty projects. The kitchen has become a workshop space for food lovers to produce hand-labeled, artisanal creations. But how much do you really know about the work that goes into it? Take the quiz! »
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