Discusses smokers you can build or purchase and gives tips on how to run them for optimum results. Various fuels to use are mentioned as well. There is also a chapter on brines and seasonings, and several chapters on how to smoke different foods, including turkey, cheese, sausage, fish, beef, nuts, wild game, and much more.

PRESERVING IS BACK, AND IT S BETTER THAN EVER. Flavors are brighter, batch sizes are more flexible, and modern methods make the process safer and easier. Eating locally is on everybodys mind, and nothing is more local than Heirloom Salsa made from vine-fresh tomatoes or a quick batch of Ice-Box Berry Jam saved from the seasons last berries. Even beginners who never made peach jam or dill pickles in their grandmothers kitchens are eager to pick up preserving skills as a way to save money, extend the local harvest, and control the quality of preserved ingredients.

The step-by-step instructions in "Put em Up "will have the most timid beginners filling their pantries and freezers with the preserved goodness of summer in no time. An extensive Techniques section includes complete how-to for every kind of preserving: refrigerating and freezing, air- and oven-drying, cold- and hot-pack canning, and pickling. And with recipe yields as small as a few pints or as large as several gallons, readers can easily choose recipes that work for the amount of produce and time at hand.

Real food advocate Sherri Brooks Vinton offers recipes with exciting flavor combinations to please contemporary palates and put preserved fruits and vegetables on dinner-party menus everywhere. Pickled Asparagus and Wasabi Beans are delicious additions to holiday relish trays; Sweet Pepper Marmalade perks up cool-weather roasts; and Berry Bourbon is an unexpected base for a warming cocktail.

The best versions of tried-and-true favorites are all here too. Bushels of fresh-picked apples are easily turned into applesauce, dried fruit rings, jelly, butter, or even brandy. Falling-off-the-vine tomatoes can be frozen whole, oven dried, canned, or made into a tangy marinara. Options for pickling cucumbers range from Bread and Butter Chips and Dill Spears to Asian Ice-Box Pickles. Something delicious for every pantry

Recipes Include:

Pickled Asparagus Wasabi Beans Beet Relish
Berry Bourbon Grannys Chow-Chow Agua Fresca Cantaloupe Rum Asian Carrot Slaw Curried Cauliflower Drunken Cherries Cherry and Black Pepper Preserves Pickled Jalapenos Three-Chili Hot Sauce Preserved Lemons Candied Citrus Rind Oven-Dried Sweet Corn Bread and Butter Chips Pickled Fennel Figs in Honey Syrup Roasted Garlic Butter Grape Leather Dill Pesto with Feta Martini Onions Ginger and Peach Jam Dried Pear Chips Sugar Plums Pickled Ramps Classic Strawberry Jam Sweet Pepper Marmalade Salsa Verde Oven-Dried Tomatoes Pickled Watermelon Rind"

Capturing garden vegetables at their best for year-round enjoyment.

Pickling is one of the oldest and most inexpensive methods of preserving foods. Families would gather over mounds of vegetables and huge steaming pots, producing savory and delicious pickles and chutneys. Home pickling is now enjoying a resurgence, as the cost of food and the desire to know where and how foods are prepared increases.

These wonderfully inventive recipes feature modern methods and equipment in accordance with the latest food-safety standards. The book also includes classic and unusual international ingredients. Newcomers to the art will find step-by-step techniques and details of specific equipment needs.

Enjoy wonderful foods year round with recipes such as:

Kosher dill pickles Aunt Thelma's bread and butter pickles Pretty beet and radish pickles Gingery cantaloupe pickles White balsamic and pepper pickled strawberries Clementine pear chutney Pineapple lime tomato salsa Smoky three-pepper cucumber relish.

The author specifies manageable sizes for average households, and there are serving suggestions and quick recipes for dishes that use the preserves for top flavors.

Embrace self-sufficiency with this simple guide to canning and preserving all your favorite foods-including fruits, veggies, and more! Learn how to become more self-reliant by canning and preserving your own delicious foods. From fruits and veggies to pickles, meats, and more, Canning and Preserving is your guide to jarring your own food and storing for later use. Including 140 simple, easy recipes, plus tips and tricks for making all kinds of meals with your creations, this book will have you bulking up your pantry or freezer in no time!

There is a trend towards artisanal food preparation at home and preserving your own meat in the kitchen is increasingly popular. This book is based on traditional recipes and is a practical guide to curing all sorts of meat, from the ever-popular sausage and bacon through to making your own salamis, pates and galantines.

The River Cottage farm, established by British food personality Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to promote high-quality, seasonal, and sustainable food, has inspired a television series, restaurants and classes, and a hit series of books. In this new addition to the award-winning collection, River Cottage master preserver Pam Corbin helps you transform the abundance of your garden (and your friends' and neighbors' gardens) into everything from simple Strawberry Jam to scrumptious new combinations like Honeyed Hazelnuts, Nasturtium "Capers,"Onion Marmalade, Spiced Brandy Plums, Elixir of Sage, plus a pantryful of other jams, jellies, butters, curds, pickles, chutneys, cordials, liqueurs, vinegars, and sauces.

Jerky is a popular and delicious way to add protein to your diet - but all the artisanal varieties showcasing locally raised meats and specialty flavours mean purchasing it can get expensive. Food preservation teacher and cook Karen Solomon teaches you how to smoke, pickle, salt-cure, oil-cure, and dehydrate a variety of meats, dairy, fish, eggs, and other proteins economically and at home. Fifty creative recipes highlight the range of specialty foods that you can make yourself with these techniques, including smoked salmon, pickled beans, cured sardines, brined cheese, duck breast prosciutto, and, of course, beef jerky (eight varieties!).

This is Carol Bowen's sequel to her "Basic Basics Combination and Microwave Handbook", and it follows the same formula as an A to Z compendium. The reader looks up the fruit, the vegetable, the fish, the meat, the sauces, cakes or herbs, and there are quick guidelines on freezing each type of food. The author also explains how a freezer works, gives advice on choosing and siting a freezer, insurance, cleaning, maintenance, what to do in emergencies, packaging and accessories, freezing techniques and de-frosting, refreezing and thawing as well as storage times.

*The Sunday Times Bestselling Author* From TV's award-winning qualified nutritionist, Dale Pinnock, comes The Medicinal Chef: Plant-based Diet, a cookbook that will transform your thinking and ensure that you are eating nutritiously. Starting with the science behind a plant-based diet, Dale takes a look at the health benefits as well as rectifying the pitfalls that so many of us suffer when eating vegan, arming you with the knowledge to eat well. This nutritional information can then be utilised through the more than 80 simple, quick and delicious recipes that will promote good health, with each recipe being helpfully labelled, letting you know if it contributes to skin, skeletal, immune or cardiovascular health as well as listing other key nutritional benefits. Recipe chapters include: RAW BLITZ AND BLEND STOVE TOP READY IN A HURRY MINIMAL EFFORT TIME ON YOUR HANDS A BIT ON THE SIDE

Home Production of Quality Meats and Sausages - The Making of a Sausage Maker. There has been a need for a comprehensive one-volume reference on the manufacture of meats and sausages at home. There are many cookbooks loaded with recipes which do not build any foundation for the serious hobbyist to follow. This leaves him with little understanding of the sausage making process and afraid to introduce his own ideas. There are highly technical and expensive professional books that are written for meat plant managers or graduate students pursuing a master's degree in meat technology. Unfortunately, these works are written in such difficult technical terms, that most of them are beyond the comprehension of an average person. Home Production of Quality Meats and Sausages bridges the gap that exists between highly technical textbooks and the requirements of the typical hobbyist. Technical terms were substituted with their equivalent but simpler meanings and many photographs, drawings and tables were included. The book covers topics such as curing and making brines, smoking meats and sausages, U.S. Standards, making fresh, smoked, emulsified, fermented and air dried products, making special sausages such as head cheeses, blood and liver sausages, low salt, low fat and Kosher products, hams, bacon, butts and loins, poultry, fish and game, safety, creating your own recipes and much more... To get the reader started 172 recipes are provided which were chosen for their originality and historical value. Although recipes play an important role in these products, it is the process that ultimately decides the sausage quality. It is perfectly clear that the authors don't want the reader to copy the recipes only: "We want him to understand the sausage making process and we want him to create his own recipes. We want him to be the sausage maker."

From clamping to dark room storage, drying to bottling, shelving to curing, discover how to keep as much of your crop as you want If you grow your own food you will be aware that the job's not done when the harvest is gathered in. You have to make this bounty last all year through - until next year's crop replaces it. This book explains how to store food in the traditional way, and then goes one step further and shows how you can grow your food in a way that will ensure it is in the best state for storing - an art that is lost to many of today's gardeners and growers. The author focuses on methods by which the grower can keep vegetables and fruit for long periods without altering their fundamental form or flavour. Contents: Introduction; 1. Extending the Growing Season; 2. How to Harvest; 3. Stopping Your Harvest from Spoiling; 4. Techniques: Clamps, Cellars and Sheds; 5. Techniques and Recipes for Preserving Food; 6. A-Z of Growing, Storing and Preserving Vegetables; 7. A-Z of Growing, Storing and Preserving Fruit; 9. Growing and Preserving Herbs for the Kitchen; Index.

Improve your backpacking experience by creating the delicious and healthy home-dried meals and snacks featured in this book. Easy to rehydrate in camp and lighter than lugging ingredients and extra fuel, these foods are perfect for backpackers. Updated with 20 brand new recipes, including Sesame Lasagna, Stuffed Cabbage Soup, San Antonio Special, and Backpacker's Cincinnati Chili, this new edition also has the most up-to-date information on dehydrators and stoves, water purification, and food storage, making it the perfect handbook for nutritious--and delectable--dining on the trail.- Over 180 recipes for casseroles, pastas, soups, stews, chowders, beans, pilafs, dried fruits, trail mixes, bars, and cookies- Tips on drying food in a dehydrator or oven- Includes vegetarian and low-fat recipes- Recipes so tasty that you'll make them at home too

For centuries the storecupboard was the most important feature in every European castle, house or hovel. Its contents were jealously guarded and fiercely protected because they represented survival. In Preserving, Potting and Pickling Elisabeth Luard chooses the best of these larder-store treasures to give recipes for pickles to jams, bottled sauces to potted and dried meats, and directions for drying and storing vegetables, pulses, herbs and funghi. She goes on to present whole meals built around convenience foods such as Portable Soup (the original soup-cube) and the two ketchups - mushroom and tomato - which have provided the secret ingredient for so many of our ancestors delicious dishes. There are recipes for storable treats like French pain d'epices (better a month or two in the cupboard) and sweets such as the lovely honey-and-almond turron of Moorish Spain and the marzipan specialities of southern France. Finally the book offers a section on natural home remedies from soothing syrups to herbal teas. Very much a companion volume to her highly acclaimed European Peasant Cookery this treasure trove is illustrated throughout with the author's own delightful drawings and paintings. Proving once and for all that fast food need not be junk food, Elisabeth Luard will once again enchant her world-wide audience with her enthusiastic celebration of good food and good husbandry. This is a timely and practical tribute to the wisdom of the past.

This title deals with Jams, jellies, chutneys & relishes. You can discover how to make 150 home-made delectable jams, jellies, pickles, relishes and chutneys. It features an amazing range of recipes from Papaya and Apricot Jam, Rosehip and Apple Jelly, and Fine Lime Shred Marmalade to Plum Butter, Hot Thai Pickled Shallots, and Honey Mustard. An expert introduction covers all the techniques, materials and equipment you will need. Every recipe is shown with photographic step-by-step instructions, guaranteeing great results every time. There is nothing more satisfying than stocking the shelves of your store cupboard with your own preserves, and this book is the ultimate guide. A detailed introduction covers equipment, basic methods and techniques needed. There then follows 150 fabulous recipes: try the delicious Wild Strawberry and Rose Petal Conserve, which goes perfectly with fresh crusty bread, or Mango and Papaya Relish, an unusual accompaniment to a cold meat buffet. And you can enhance your repertoire with recipes for curds, cheeses, sauces and mustards. Beautifully illustrated and with easy-to-follow instructions, this is an essential source book for any

The authors of the best-selling Fermented Vegetables are back, and this time they've brought the heat with them. Whet your appetite with more than 60 recipes for hot sauces, mustards, pickles, chutneys, relishes, and kimchis from around the globe. Chiles take the spotlight, with recipes such as Thai Pepper Mint Cilantro Paste, Aleppo Za'atar Pomegranate Sauce, and Mango Plantain Habanero Ferment, but other traditional spices like horseradish, ginger, and peppercorns also make cameo appearances. Dozens of additional recipes for breakfast foods, snacks, entrees, and beverages highlight the many uses for hot ferments.

This book features classic recipes for the ultimate home-made preserve. It is a fabulous introduction to making sweet and tangy marmalades including wonderful ways to use them in the kitchen. It includes classic preserves such as Oxford Marmalade, St Clement's Marmalade and Lemon and Ginger Marmalade, as well as more unusual combinations like Tangerine and Lemon Grass Marmalade, and Peach and Kumquat Marmalade. It also features recipes that include marmalade such as Bitter Marmalade Chocolate Loaf, Marmalade Sticky Squares, and Marmalade and Soy Roast Duck. A useful introductory section provides information on ingredients, equipment and preserving techniques. It is illustrated with stunning photographs by Craig Robertson of practical steps and sumptuous final dishes. Each recipe has a full nutritional breakdown. Whether spread liberally over freshly buttered toast, poured over a steamed pudding, used as a meat glaze or eaten straight from the jar, nothing can beat the unique bittersweet taste of home-made marmalade.Traditionally made with citrus fruits, this little book will also introduce you to new fruit combinations such as cranberry, pomelo, pumpkin, pineapple and lemon grass, and includes recipes with marmalade as a key ingredient. The beautiful photographs are sure to inspire and the easy-to-follow instructions guarantee successful results every time.

All the recipes have been retested and adjusted for contemporary flavours with the addition of ethnic recipes reflecting Asian flavours along with the classic Italian and German styles and food writer/chefs Evelyn Battaglia and Mary Reilly have also added new game recipes using bison, venison and alligator meat, as well as more vegetarian recipes, a guide to beer and sausage combinations and how to put together a classic charcuterie plate. All new profiles of 20 contemporary charcuterie and sausage makers provide insight into such techniques as dry curing, smoking and fermenting, as well as some of the makers' signature recipes.

Preserve your favorite foods through every season with Real Food Fermentation. Control your own ingredients, techniques, and additives. Learn a practical food-preparation skill you'll use again and again. And express yourself by making something unique and whole.

Inside, you'll find:

--All the basics: the process, the tools, and how to get started

--A guide to choosing the right ingredients

--Sauerkraut and beyond--how to ferment vegetables, including slaw-style, pickles, and kimchi

--How to ferment dairy into yogurt, kefir, creme fraiche, and butter

--How to ferment fruits, from lemons to tomatoes, and how to serve them

--How to ferment your own beverages, including mead, kombucha, vinegar, and ginger ale

--A primer on fermented meat, fish, soy, bread, and more

--Everything you need to know about why the recipes work, why they are safe, what to do if they go wrong, and how to modify them to suit your taste