Perhaps the best way to hold onto prime summer fruit well into the winter is by using it to make fresh, bright, and fruity ...

Homemade fruit jam is a delicious, easy way to preserve the flavors of fresh fruits like strawberries, blueberries, or peaches. This recipe combines your favorite fruits with a touch of lemon juice ...

This story is a component of the feature “Seasons of Preserves: Berry Jelly,” which is part of a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” As RuPaul sings in the 2012 song ...

If you want to make homemade berry jam but don’t want to deal with boiling water baths and special lids, strawberry freezer jam is the answer. Made with fresh berries, lemon juice, sugar and ...

A favorite sweet spread for toast and bagels, strawberry jam tastes even better when made from the beautiful berries found in our gardens and at local produce stands. Jam is a slightly thick spread ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We use strawberry jam as an example to explore the underlying principles of water activity, a key technique for food preservation.

Fresh strawberries are an excellent choice while they’re in season, especially when prices drop during peak harvest. But ...

It’s that time of year when locally grown fruits are abundant. In the Pee Dee region, strawberries are almost gone but blueberries, blackberries, peaches, plums, figs and southern grapes will ripen ...

How to find pectin in your fruit and use it to give your jellies the proper set. (Silvia Razgova/Silvia Razgova; Prop styling by Jennifer Sacks) This story is a component of the feature “Seasons of ...