In this week’s Chef Chat, we heard from Chef Kelly Fletcher of House of Tricks. Fletcher says another one of his most valuable tools is his iPhone, which stores hundreds of his recipes. We were lucky ...

We use strawberry jam as an example to explore the underlying principles of water activity, a key technique for food preservation. For those of us in northern climates, strawberries are the first ...

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When grocery stores offer specials on fresh strawberries this time of year, I jump at the chance to make Strawberry Preserves with Balsamic Vinegar. The balsamic vinegar, aged in special fruitwood ...

Strawberries don’t wait for you to find them. They beckon. Their botanical name, Fragaria, means fragrance, and it’s their sudden perfume in farmers markets, stall after stall, that signals the start ...

Range through the jam shelves of your local fancy-food shop (or your own pantry), and you'll find a lot of fancy-pants jam. You know the kind I mean: the ones with four fruits and three spices and a ...

1. Wash and hull strawberries quickly and carefully. Drain immediately and completely. 2. Stir together berries and sugar gently in a large, flat, shallow pan. Let stand an hour or so until the ...

By far the most accessible brand of jam and jelly on the market, Smucker's was available in all the major grocery stores I visited while shopping for this test. Like Welch's, Smucker's Strawberry Jam ...

In this episode of In the Kitchen with Matt I will show you how to make shortbread cookies from scratch. This delightfully ...