Small Batch Jam Co’s pink guava jam is the top seller. Photo by Karla Kane. They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. In Pablo Lugones’ case, life gave him blackberries, so he made jam.

In the past, making jam was a way to have fruit on hand during the long winter months. Today, we make jam more for pleasure ...

With the holidays near, there is one type of gift I’m always happy to receive — a delicious jar of homemade jam. And here’s the truth: You don’t need to be Martha Stewart or Ina Garten to make ...

Making jam is the accessible starting point for food resilience, connecting a simple kitchen practice to a deep history of economic stability and personal empowerment. If you're a home preserver, ...

Join Mark from Self Sufficient Me as he walks you through harvesting fresh rosella calyxes from his garden in subtropical ...

My little son asked why I bothered—and got a longer answer than he'd expected. "Why do you bother making jam when you can just buy it at the store for cheap?" My youngest son posed an excellent ...

My grandmother wasn’t your average grandmother in the kitchen. She was a huge advocate for quick and easy meals. On days when she wanted a sandwich she could slap together for herself and my ...

Jam Vino by Chef Lorious is a line of wine-infused gourmet jams. Made with 100% real fruit and five all-natural ingredients, ...

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.

This story is a component of the feature “Seasons of Preserves: Apple Butter,” which is part of a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” When making fruit jam, which is ...