Doris and Jilly Cook

This spring has been a blur.

At first, my cutting back on the blog was intentional. My husband and I had taken a fantabulous vacation to Costa Rica at the end of January. It was one of those times where having a chance to really and truly relax helps you realize how much of our stress [...]

Hey, that canjam post? It’s not supposed to go up until Sunday. So we took it down, and it will reappear, like magic, Sunday afternoon. We’re hoping your comments return with it.

xoxo,
The Goats

I spent last weekend at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, teaching a three-day workshop on local food preservation methods. Ordinarily, this is not a sappy blog, but bear with me. To have the opportunity to share my enthusiasm for canning, freezing, dehydrating, pickling, and fermenting with eager strangers, in a setting as beautiful [...]

Philly folks: If you’re in town June 21st, please consider attending or supporting Philadelphia’s Taste of the Nation night at the Lowe’s Hotel. There will be food from fabulous restaurants, specialty cocktail stations, beer and wine, and a silent and live auction, and you might catch a glimpse of Philly’s own Top Chef finalist, Jennifer [...]

Though you wouldn’t know it from my timing, I was very excited about this month’s CanJam featured cannable good: alliums. Reason A: I’m not the world’s greatest pickler, but I found the all those carrot pickles to be downright inspiring. Reason B: Although I haven’t yet gotten into the make-your-own-liquor craze, I do like me [...]

Isn’t that a pretty jar? I’ll tell you all about it, including its single-piece cap system and the nice company that sent it to me, over the weekend. At the moment, though, I’ve got 20  minutes and a canjam deadline to meet.

SO! The answer, for me, was an apple carrot chutney from Anne Gardon’s Preserving [...]