Saving the Seasons: How to Can, Freeze, or Dry Almost Anything Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)This is by the same publisher as Simply in Season, which I am cooking my way through on my blog. Unlike the other books in "the Mennonite trilogy" (Simply in Season , More-With-Less , and Extending the Table), though, Saving the Seasons doesn't include little anecdotes and essays about living simply and how eating is impacted by our faith.
What is does have is lots and lots of beautiful photos, which are inspiring and also show step by step instructions, which are great for those just learning how to preserve food.
Like most preserving books, this one covers more ground than just canning. Topics include
* A guide to the harvest (various fruits and vegetables, when they're in season, and best methods for preserving)
* Canning (individual fruits and vegetables as well as vegetables, meats, and soups; herbed vinegars; pickles and relishes; jams, jellies and spreads)
* Freezing (vegetables and herbs; fruits; meats, poultry, and fish; baby food)
* Drying
* and an appendix which covers canning troubleshooting and helpful and inspirational resources.
The herbed vinegars and introduction to baby food caught my attention, as I haven't seen these in some of the other books.
The verdict: If you already have a boatload of canning and food preservation books, you might want to pass as none of the recipes are super unique (unless you're a cookbook junkie like me and want to get it just for the photos and light reading). But if you're just starting out, Saving the Seasons will inspire you and provide enough guidance to give you confidence to start a lifetime of preserving.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Saving the Seasons: How to Can, Freeze, or Dry Almost Anything

Many people today are buying and cooking local food, including the over 94,000 who have bought Simply in Season. But one of the challenges of cooking and eating locally is how to find the items you need when they are out of season. That is where Saving the Seasons: How to Can, Freeze, or Dry Almost Anything comes in; cooks can find ways to preserve their favorite seasonal items for use in different parts of the year. This colorful book, full of photographs and clear pictures, shows how to can, freeze or dry various kinds of food. Colorful page borders divide the book into easy-to-find sections. Saving the Seasons: How to Can, Freeze, or Dry Almost Anything is edited by the mother-daughter team of Mary Clemens Meyer and Susanna Meyer, both of whom are involved in sustainable and organic agriculture.

Get 34% OFF

Click here for more information about Saving the Seasons: How to Can, Freeze, or Dry Almost Anything