My friend Shirley called to say her pear tree is laden with fruit. I am planning to pick some Cortlands or Galas to make pear-apple pie filling with these bosc pears »

This recipe lets you store strawberry rhubarb pie in a jar for a burst of joy mid-winter. It uses apple as the base for the goo and binding agent. I chose Cortlands because they are rated excellent for baking. This year, they were ready on September 15 so I was able to get my hands [...]

It started with a craving for sausage and an extra green pepper. Steve loved it »

I was watching Chef Michael make a roasted tomato sauce a few weeks back and felt compelled to find a way to use that idea. Then I found a recipe for pizza sauce, something Steve and I use often on our homemade pizza and decided to make my own »

The key to peeling and drying apples is the right tools for the job »

I had left myself a note to retry a quinoa-tuna dish with ground poultry. This is the redo »

I canned many quarts of pears and apples into sauce and pie in a jar »

Try prune puree in chocolate desserts, or applesauce in gingerbread or carrot cake. For a bright summer flavour, add pineapple to your quick breads or muffins »

These peaches are stored in a “spiked” syrup: let the jars sit until Thanksgiving or Christmas and serve over pork or roast chicken »

This recipe has a sweet and sour sauce over chicken and fresh vegetables »