National Can-it-Forward Day, 17 August 2013

Relegated for years into the ‘something only grandmothers do’ category of culinary skills, preserving or canning is back in vogue, big time. Whether it has been driven by farmers markets and the increased awareness of the seasonality of foods, a reaction to isles and isles of over-processed packaged goods, or […]

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Bottling the Goodness – Preserving from my Garden, an e-book giveaway!

Preserving allows me to enjoy the produce from my garden all year round. I only started growing my own vegetables a few years ago. I am not an expert but what I lack in years of experience I make up for in enthusiasm and love of the ingredients. I find […]

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Cointreau Spiked Tangelo Marmalade

This month I was devastated to realise that my summer stock pile of jams was finished. I expected my supply to last me, at the very least, through the winter months. While I like to put a very fine layer of jam or marmalade on my toast, just enough to […]

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