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The must-have guide to the best of preserving, from canning and pickling, to fermenting, freezing, and drying complete with hundreds of farm-fresh recipes This is the book for everyone who wants to preserve foodfrom novice to prowith step-by-step explanations of techniques, ranging from the basics of canning to freezing, drying, fermenting, and pickling. Readers can preserve a range of produce including fruits, vegetables, herbsanything in season can be put by to enjoy later. Included are techniques and recipes for jams and jellies, conserves and fruit butters, condiments, dried treats like fruit leathers and veggie chips, and freezer recipes. Also find recipes for pickles, sauerkraut, relishes, soupseven syrups. And when the tomatoes ripen all at once,check outa chapter on smart ways to preserve them.