false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178701537m/823761.jpg 823761 1 Typical books about preserving garden produce nearly always assume that modern &#147;kitchen gardeners&#148; will boil or freeze their vegetables and fruits. Yet here is a book that goes back to the future&#151;celebrating traditional but little-known French techniques for storing and preserving edibles in ways that maximize flavor and nutrition.<br><br>Translated into English, and with a new foreword by Deborah Madison, this book deliberately ignores freezing and high-temperature canning in favor of methods that are superior because they are less costly and more energy-efficient.<br><br>As Eliot Coleman says in his foreword to the first edition, &#147;Food preservation techniques can be divided into two categories: the modern scientific methods that remove the life from food, and the natural `poetic' methods that maintain or enhance the life in food. The poetic techniques produce... foods that have been celebrated for centuries and are considered gourmet delights today.&#148;<br><br><i>Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning</i> offers more than 250 easy and enjoyable recipes featuring locally grown and minimally refined ingredients. It is an essential guide for those who seek healthy food for a healthy world. 809559 4 4 2007 Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation total:34|5:5|4:15|3:9|2:5|1:0| 34 122 121 10 2 0 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 12:12:24 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 12:23:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Feb 17 14:36:55 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 14:38:50 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 11:31:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 11:31:20 -0700 2009 "I can, you can, we all can!: Essential books for preserving seasonal bounty"]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 10:13:15 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 10:18:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 18:59:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 19:01:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 05 09:55:31 -0700 2008 Tue May 19 07:45:09 -0700 2009 fantastic results drying many foods with wood frame/black window screen frames we put together. I ran across a recommendation for the...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 13:56:51 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 15:22:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 17:49:51 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 14:39:20 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 17:49:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 16 08:44:39 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 15 07:45:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 29 12:56:28 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 13:12:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 19:41:39 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 19:41:39 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 05 12:40:53 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 12:40:53 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 27 08:12:56 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 08:12:56 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 15:28:32 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 24 21:20:52 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 21:21:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 11:16:12 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 11:16:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 09:43:36 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 09:43:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 20:36:26 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 20:36:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 11 15:19:53 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 15:19:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 16:34:08 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 16:34:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 12:24:16 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:24:16 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=823761