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Preserving memories

September 1, 2009

Two days of can­ning– two days of jars filled with the happy mem­o­ries of late sum­mer. Not just the food­stuffs inside the jars, but sym­bolic. A day shared among fam­ily mem­bers and friends– a joy­ous warmth beyond calo­ries. Food is culture.

Tagged as: canning, cultural, summer

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Pickling and Canning, Day Two

August 31, 2009

Thrilled with learn­ing the age-old tra­di­tion of pre­serv­ing the summer’s har­vest for the colder win­ter months ahead, I invited Chef Sylvia Padron over to help moti­vate me to make some pick­les today. She works at Twenty/20 Grill in Carls­bad, CA– a really cool restau­rant that embraces the Slow Food phi­los­o­phy. We had an awe­some time– […]

Tagged as: canning, food, pickling

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Summer Harvest, Preserving

August 30, 2009

I’m obsessed with can­ning and pre­serv­ing. Yes­ter­day I expe­ri­enced mak­ing Tomato Jam with Chef Emma Dilemma from Home­grown Ini­tia­tive– a really cool web­site focus­ing on local farms and food initiatives.

Tomato Jam:

5 pounds very ripe toma­toes, roughly diced, stem removed (we got them at the Carls­bad Farmer’s Mar­ket for $.50 per pound!!)
A cou­ple glugs of Organic Olive Oil
Handfull […]

Tagged as: canning, emma dilemma, homegrowninitiative.org, jam, summer

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