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Essential food preserving : the comprehensive guide to canning, freezing, drying, and fermenting vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, beans, meat, dairy, and eggs Cover Image Book

Essential food preserving : the comprehensive guide to canning, freezing, drying, and fermenting vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, beans, meat, dairy, and eggs / Julia Skinner.

Skinner, Julia (Julia C.), (author.).

Summary:

The must-have reference guide to all the methods used for preserving every type of food -- from canning vegetables to making fruit wines to curing meat -- with more than 250 recipes and creative zero-waste options. Featuring clear step-by-step instructions and original photography, Essential Food Preserving is organized by type of food, with multiple preservation methods for each one, so you can preserve almost anything in a variety of ways, including: Canning, Fermenting, Brewing beer, wine, and vinegar, Pickling, Making jams and jellies, Drying, Smoking, and Cold storage. Food-preserving expert Julia Skinner focuses on minimizing waste; every part is used, including the byproducts of processes. Just as important as her comprehensive approach is Julia's expert curation of the topic and creative recipes that go beyond the basics-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781635868029
  • ISBN: 1635868025
  • Physical Description: 426 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2026]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 410-413) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface -- Introduction: Your food preservation journey -- Part 1: Food preservation techniques. Pantries, root cellars, refrigeration, freezing -- Canning -- Fermentation and pickling -- Syrup, jam, jelly, and other sweet preserves -- Drying and smoking -- Part 2: Recipes and strategies for every type of food. Vegetables -- Fruit -- Grains and legumes -- Dairy, meat, seafood, and eggs -- Other preserving experiments -- Conclusion: Preserving in community -- Acknowledgments -- Resources -- Index.

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Subject:
Cooking.
Food > Preservation.
Food > Drying.
Canning and preserving.
Cold storage.
Smoking of food.
Salting of food.
Fermentation.
Home brewing.
Jam.
Jelly.
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Recipes.
Cookbooks.
Informational works.
Instructional and educational works.
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Illustrated works.

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