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In a Pickle: Pickled Golden Beets
Beets haters are one thing but some people object to beets strictly because they make a mess in the kitchen. And it's true, red beets do bleed all over the place when peeled and sliced. But when you opt for golden beets, you get all the sweet, earthy flavor of beets but without the risk of staining your countertops and cutting boards.In a Pickle: Pickled Red Tomatoes
Late summer and its joyous glut of tomatoes is a bittersweet time for a canner. Tomatoes signal the end of summer fruit and bring with them the knowledge that the growing season is nearing its end. However, there's just so darn much that can be done with tomatoes that the possibilities make this preserver positively giddy.Edible DIY: Candied Jalapeños
What works equally well as a cocktail garnish, sandwich condiment, cupcake topper, and guacamole ingredient? Answer: these candied jalapeños. They only take about 30 minutes to prepare, and will last for at least a month in the fridge.Critic-Turned-Cook Steels Herself for Canning Season with Canning Across America
Critic Turned Cook follows former Seattle Post-Intelligencer food critic Leslie Kelly on her journey away from the keyboard and into the kitchen. Take it away, Leslie! [Flickr: thebittenword.com] If there's a silver lining in losing my dream job as a newspaper restaurant critic, it's that taking the Grand Canyon-size leap from the keyboard to the professional kitchen has made me a better home cook and caused me reconnect with my collection of cookbooks. (Like everyone else who swooned over Julie & Julia, I cracked open my dusty copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking as soon as I got home from the movie. Admittedly, I'm still working up the nerve to try the duck.) But even though I get...On the Home Canning Trend
Photograph from The Bitten Word Today both Salon and The Washington Post published articles about the trend of canning at home. Kelly DiNardo of The Washington Post profiles food bloggers Clay Dunn and Zach Patton of The Bitten Word and their experience canning tomatoes at home, including their reasons for canning, equipment used, and cost. For a broader look at home canning, Sarah Karnasiewicz of Salon lists reasons behind the trend and gives book recommendations for those new to food preservation. Serious Eats has a handful of recipes from one of Karnasiewicz's recommendations, Well-Preserved by Eugenia Bone. Related Canning/Jarring - How Do I Not Kill Myself? [SE Talk, 6/3/09] Canning Questions [SE Talk, 9/27/09] In Videos: How to Make...Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'
Canning and preserving usually fall into the "shoulda, coulda, woulda" category of home cooking. There are many reasons that people are apprehensive when it comes to preserving: It's too labor-intensive, too time-consuming, and requires all of that special equipment. Why bother doing it yourself when your supermarket is brimming with cans and jars? Eugenia Bone is on a mission to change your mind with her new book, Well-Preserved. A passion for preserving was instilled in Bone at an early age. She was fortunate to grow up with home-cured olives and prosciutto, canned tomatoes and canned tuna, all lovingly put up by her father. Although she thoroughly enjoyed her father's preserves, it was not until Bone was eight months pregnant with...Where'd All the Bees Go? Martha Stewart Is Hoarding Them
To make 49 pounds of honey: "The yield filled many, many jars—half-pints, full-pints, and twelve-ounce.... The honey is a delicious and flavorful mix from flowers and fruit and vegetable blossoms from my garden. Come and have a look at this lovely, golden treasure."...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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