Beyond Canning: New Techniques, Ingredients, and Flavors to Preserve, Pickle, and Ferment Like Never Before

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If you already love making strawberry jam and basic tomato sauce, this is the perfect book for the next step in your preserving journey! Featuring techniques and ingredients sure to open your mind, Beyond Canning is an invaluable resource for home preservers and small-scale homesteaders who know the basics but are looking to expand their skill-set and repertoire. A deep dive into multiple methods of home preserving, this book features unexpected flavors, smart techniques, and root-to-stalk recipes to give you practical ways to eat better and reduce waste. You will not want to miss the wide variety of techniques! - Vinegar preserving that goes beyond pickles. - Water bath canning for new tastes and textures. - Do you like kimchi? You"ll love recipes to ferment and culture for amazing results and a world of variety.

AUTUMN GILES is a freelance food writer, recipe developer, and photographer. She blogs at Autumn Makes & Does (www.autumnmakesanddoes.com) and is a regular contributor to Serious Eats. Her food-related work has been featured on or appeared in the New York Times, Modern Farmer, Food52, BuzzFeed, Easy Eats, The Heritage Radio Network, Kaufmann Mercantile, Good. Food. Stories, iVillage, Cosmo, and others.

"Every time I open Beyond Canning, I am inspired to leap up and head to the kitchen. I love Autumn's unique flavor combinations and her devotion to crafting the best and most delicious small batch preserves possible. If you're looking to move beyond the classics, this is the book for you." - Marisa McClellan, creator of FoodinJars.com and author of Preserving by the Pint and Food in Jars "Packed with practical advice, inventive small-batch recipes, and informative illustrations, Beyond Canning, is a worthy addition to any home preserver's shelf. Autumn's tempting recipes like Hot-and-Sour Cherry Preserves and 'Snips Chi will inspire everyone from novice preservers to canning pros." - Yossy Arefi, author Sweeter Off the Vine "Beyond Canning gets to the heart of what small-batch canning and preserving is best at - making creative use of bits and pieces rather than bushels and gallons. This is a book that caters to the real-life canner in all of us." - John Becker and Megan Scott, Joy of Cooking editorial team "It's always a good sign when I'm paging through a cookbook and say to myself, 'I've got to make this, and I've got to make this, and this, and this, and this!' Autumn is quite literally a life-preserver; this book will save you and your vegetables from bland ruination." - Dan Kohler, food science expert on Hallmark Channel's Home & Family and creator of RenegadeKitchen.com