For the fifth year, Jen Maiser (also a regular contributor to our Market Scene) is encouraging others to participate in the Eat Local Challenge. The concept is simple: eat as much food from local sources as possible throughout October. "Local is traditionally a 150-mile distance from your home."...
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"Freezing is easier than traditional canning, but don't just start chucking plums into the freezer with reckless abandon." [Photograph: Cornell University Library] Summer is on its way out the door and it's taking delicious fruits and vegetables with it. Now's the time to preserve the bounty from your garden or local farmers' market, to keep you eating local during the tomato-less and berry-less days ahead. Over the past couple of years, I've fallen head-over-heels in love with canning. I've canned blackberry-ginger jam and sweet pickles, spicy tomato sauce and sour cherry preserves. I've got a shelf full of canning books, both new and old. I've taught others to can, and I even wrote a 50-page senior essay on the history...
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