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Kitchen Jam: Improv with Food
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Improvisation with food: jams, jellies, preserves, pickles, canning, original recipes, competitions
Recent Posts
On the move…
Those of you who’ve been reading Kitchen Jam since I launched it in August might have been wondering when the next recipes will be posted. Soon, gang – soon – and I promise you’re going to enjoy what I’ve got in mind ...
Shared Jam: Bounty in a recipe exchange
I didn’t find out about Under the High Chair’s Virtual Jam Swap in a straight-line kinda way. I was reading my latest Foodbuzz headlines, and saw a new post called Jam Swap from Coco Bean, a blog from the Montreal food improv team of Ian ...
Improv: How to jerky a turkey
This was not the post I intended for today. However, the picture of my poor 12-lb. turkey, left to roast in its 325 deg. F. oven for two hours too long was too priceless to ignore. I put my properly thawed turkey into its roaster, filled with sage an...
Thanksgiving Jam: Cranberries
Image by xymox via Flickr My grandfather used to say tomatoes overproduce so that we could save some for February (by canning, of course!) As the produce aisles in the local stores fill up with fixin’s for Thanksgiving, I hear my grandfath...
Delaware State Fair Jam: Canning & preserving results
Here are the shout-outs to all of the canners, preservers and jam-makers who were recognized at this year’s Delaware State Fair during its July 23 – August 1, 2009. The .pdf of the official is at the Deleware State Fair site, and this li...
Can-o-rama jam #2: Pear honey, pure and simple
They are the last pears of the season – Boscs, juicy and sweet. Their perfume called to me from the far end of the farm stand. They were unblemised, slightly yielding to a gentle squeeze but not yet bruised, still firm enough to eat out-of-hand...

