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The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest

150 Recipes for Freezing, Canning, Drying and Pickling Fruits and Vegetables
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The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest by Carol W. Costenbader is a comprehensive guide on preserving a wide variety of foods through methods like canning, drying, and freezing. Designed for both beginners and experienced preservers, the book offers detailed instructions and practical tips to help you enjoy seasonal produce all year round while maintaining its flavour and nutritional value.
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You might enjoy this book if you're keen on embracing the traditional art of preserving food through canning, freezing, and drying. It's perfect for those interested in sustainable living, looking to reduce food waste, and hoping to savour garden-fresh flavours year-round. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced preserver, this book offers practical guidance and a wealth of techniques to enhance your home kitchen endeavours.

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The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest

Even the busiest people can create a well-stocked pantry of fruits, vegetable, flavoured vinegars, pickles, chutneys, and seasonings using inexpensive time-saving techniques with this text.

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Learn how to preserve a summer day in batches from this classic primer on drying, freezing, canning, and pickling techniques. Did you know that a cluttered garage works just as well as a root cellar for cool-drying? That even the experts use store-bought frozen juice concentrate from time to time?

With more than 150 easy-to-follow recipes for jams, sauces, vinegars, chutneys, and more, you'll enjoy a pantry stocked with the tastes of summer year-round.

The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest by Carol W. Costenbader is your ultimate guide to capturing the flavours of the season and enjoying them throughout the year.

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The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest by Carol W. Costenbader is praised for evoking nostalgic feelings of traditional food preservation while presenting modern techniques. It offers easy-to-understand instructions with helpful illustrations for beginners, and it provides a useful resource for both novices and seasoned preservers to enhance their skills and recipes.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781580174589

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 August 2002

Country: United States

Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC

Illustration: 8 x 9

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 202.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 840g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Food writer Carol Costenbader has cooked and preserved homegrown fruits, herbs, and vegetables for more than 35 years. Besides The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest, her books include Storey's Well-Stocked Pantry Series: Mustards, Ketchups & Vinegars and Preserving Fruits & Vegetables. Second in command of the family vegetable garden and a volunteer cook at Christian Ministries Homeless Shelter, Carol is founder of The Health Adventure and Friends of the Health Adventure, a good health teaching facility. Carol and her family divide their time between central Florida and the mountains of North Carolina.

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