Leda Meredith has been preserving food since she was a child at her great-grandmother’s side, and she covers all aspects of the many styles of food preservation in her book Preserving Everything (The ...

When it comes to making jams, jellies and preserves, the recipes call for sugar — usually lots of sugar. A recipe for classic strawberry jam in “Better Homes and Gardens Jams & Jellies” (Houghton ...

If you’ve ever made jam or jelly at home, you know most recipes require more sugar than fruit — oftentimes 4 to 7 cups! — causing many people to look for other ways to preserve more naturally and with ...

Pectin is a unique fiber found in fruits and vegetables. It’s a soluble fiber known as a polysaccharide, which is a long chain of indigestible sugars. When heated in the presence of liquid, pectin ...