Use fresh, high-quality vegetables such as cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, and beets, says Dan Rosenberg of Real Pickles. Decide how much salt you want: Less salt results in faster fermentation; more ...

Summer is gone all too soon, but preserved herbs, fruits and vegetables will remind us of those long, hot days while you are in the depths of winter. Preserving isn’t hard to do, and, bonus, it makes ...

Take the vegetables and pack tightly into the crock or jar, making sure they stay submerged under the brine. "'It's fine under the brine,' is what I often tell my workshop participants," Kaplan said.

Home canning, like raising your own vegetables, has taken on new meaning and urgency during the pandemic. Last spring, people who hadn’t planted a garden in years — or perhaps ever — started growing ...

Fresh, in-season fruits and vegetables always taste the best, especially when served at the peak of perfection, often right from garden to table with not much needed but a little cooking and ...