It’s Week 7 in my canning and preserving course and we reached the place where, as our teacher Ernest Miller says, “the rubber meets the road.” That’s pressure canning, and anyone who had a DIY ...

Salsa can be a fun way to preserve peak-of-season tomatoes to enjoy all year. Most salsa recipes are a tasty mixture of low-acid foods, such as onions and sweet or hot peppers, and acid foods, such as ...

If you're planning to pressure can chicken at home, keep in mind that raw-packed chicken is perfect for chicken salad. Wondering how to can meat with a pressure canner? Learn to preserve meat without ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of an occasional series on do-it-yourself food preparation. I’ve been a canner for decades, and for many of the early years, that meant no more than a batch of ...