Jam on: The Craft of Canning Fruit

By Laena McCarthy

Book Overview

Fresh, hip cookbook takes jamming out of grandma's kitchen and into the 21st century In Jam On , New York's "Jam Queen" Laena McCarthy shares her love of making inventive handmade jam with delicious recipes and canning techniques. Her down-to-earth approach and unique, easy method allows even the novice cook to make fresh and exciting jam. The recipes in Jam On use less sugar, making the jams not only healthier, but more intensely flavorful than your average fruit concoction. With step-by-step instructions and four-color photographs throughout, McCarthy guides readers through the canning process and offers inventive herb and spice combinations for a range of signature jams. Recipes include: - Grapefruit & Smoked Salt Marmalade - Strawberry Balsamic Jam - Easy Like Sunday Morning Blueberry Preserves - Tiny Strawberry Preserves with Thai Basil - Rhubarb Hibiscus Jam - Spiced Beer Jelly - Hot Fireman's Pear Jam - Lime & Pandan Marmalade - and much more

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670026174
• ISBN13: 9780670026173
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.7" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Excellent Edition

Thank you so much for this lovely copy. It’s a beautiful book jam packed (pun intended) with tons of beautiful jam recipes that I can’t wait to make and can this summer when fruit is back in season