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More Strawberries and Some with a Kick

Posted on June 11, 2012 by cinda webb

I had some strawberries left from my presentation last week that should have been processed the next day, or at least over the weekend. But life, combined with a garage sale, prevented my from getting to them until today. I … Continue reading →

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My First Big Presentation

Posted on June 11, 2012 by cinda webb

The Food + Farm Lab at the Irvine Great Park has a series of classes about edible gardening. They wanted a talk on food preservation to be a part of the series. So they asked the Master Food Preservers if … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Jam with Pomona’s Pectin

Posted on June 2, 2012 by cinda webb

Today I made Strawberry Jam with some heirloom berries that would never have made it to a supermarket. They are very soft and very flavorful. I have been experimenting with Pomona’s Pectin and have tried making strawberry jam with grape … Continue reading →

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Make Cooking Fun

Posted on April 25, 2012 by cinda webb

Cooking is so much more fun when everything is prepped and ready to go. Actually it can make you feel more like a chef – even if you don’t have a sous chef and had to do all the cutting … Continue reading →

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More Kumquats

Posted on April 12, 2012 by cinda webb

I picked the tree clean this week and had two large bags of fruit to preserve. I gave half to one of my classmates and I have been processing the rest. I made 4 more half-pints of marmalade. I made … Continue reading →

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