Product Description

For years, visitors to Chicago's farmer's markets have counted on Beverly Alfeld to create the best condiment to accompany any meal or that special gift for all occasions. So beloved are her jellies, jams and chutneys that hse is known to them as 'Jamlady'. Noe home cooks, gardeners and experienced canners can learn the savoury and sweet secrets to cook, seal and process their own fine preserves and condiments. With extensive information on everything from cultivation of plants to medicinal uses of herbsused in canning, as well as more than 400 recipes and colour photographs, this cookbook is sure to become a dog-eared favourite.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #634720 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-02
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 8.20" w x 10.20" l, 2.69 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Alfeld's enthusiasm for "putting up" nature's bounty and her background in organic farming, teaching, science and cooking make her the perfect instructor in this book on canning. She assures readers that creating homemade jams, jellies, butters, chutneys and relishes can be safe, satisfying and, of course, delicious. Although hers is not exactly a book for beginners, an early chapter dealing with processing methods and general troubleshooting, and a later one on pH measurements (essential for safety) are indeed thorough. In between are several hundred recipes, incorporating a diverse assortment of fruits and vegetables, all of which have been tested on Jamlady's admiring customers at Chicago's farmers markets. Novices will enjoy making Classic Pineapple Jam, which uses canned fruit; and speedy Microwaved Orange Marmalade. However, Jamlady's heart is in the more complex concoctions, such as Marnier Strawberry-Peach Jam, Tomato-Basil Jelly (nice on hamburgers), Nectarine-Almond Conserve and Pear Honey. Alfeld (who refers to herself as Jamlady) stocks each chapter with how-tos, ingredient information, sources, history, chemistry, philosophy, family stories and humor. Color illus.
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