Canning in the Modern Kitchen: More Than 100 Recipes for Canning and Cooking Fruits, Vegetables, and Meats : A Cookbook

by Jamie Dement

Finally, a guide to canning for the modern cook! Learn new techniques and try over 100 recipes from classic jams and compotes to unique sauces and pates.

Canning isn’t just about putting food in jars and letting it sit and sit—it’s about sealing in the taste of each season and making food from scratch with more interesting and unique flavors. Farmer, restaurateur, and local food advocate Jamie DeMent offers her recipes and tricks for preserving fresh ingredients and interesting creations. Canning in the Modern Kitchen is ideal whether you’re a novice canner or an experienced cook on the hunt for new recipes and novel techniques. ??

Her delicious recipes go beyond the obvious jams, marmalades, and jellies—the book includes ideas for sauces and unexpected ways to preserve produce and meat. She covers a variety of techniques including basic water bath canning and oven canning, and lays out the equipment needed for successful canning. And, most importantly, she’ll include detailed safety information to make your canning journey as smooth as possible.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

Published August 14, 2018

Reviews

[Rhiannon Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received a copy of this book from the publisher




A few of my friends might remember my 1st canning experiment last year. I love pickled watermelon rind and can only find it at one store (sometimes...and they're almost $10/jar) so I thought I'd try to can a batch myself. Talk about a learning experience! After all was said and done I realized that I am happy paying every penny of that $10 because it was no joke! I currently don't have enough extra produce to make canning a necessary household task. However, in the future when I have an abundant garden I will try it again and I will definitely refer to this great book!

If you are a beginner with this process I would highly recommend this book. It is organized into easy-to-read sections and includes step-by-step instructions (with photos) that I really wish I would have had during my first canning adventure.


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[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I put this book on hold I didn't realize the author was from North Carolina. She lives on a farm and grew up learning gardening and canning techniques from generations of women in her family. This is a collection of canning recipes from her family and ones she's created herself. The book starts with an overview of canning, but PLEASE if you haven't canned before work with someone experienced or take a class first! I like that the recipes are organized by type of product - fruits and vegetables, jams/jellies/preserves, pickles, etc. There is also a chapter on things you can make that can't be canned, but can be frozen and enjoyed later in the year. Overall, a GREAT book with lots of good ideas. This might be one I buy because there is so much I want to try.

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful book with excellent recipes. I have loved what I have made from it so far. One frustrating thing about the book is that the amounts given in some recipes are really imprecise, which is potentially dangerous for canning. "Four large eggplants" is really open to interpretation and varies a lot depending on the variety of eggplant you're growing. I really wish that the author would have used weights or at the very least cup measurements for all of the ingredients in the book. It would make me feel a lot safer about the recipes themselves.

[Bargain Sleuth Reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

For someone who is new to canning, this book would be a good starting point. To someone like me, who has been canning for more than 25 years, it was just okay. Out of all the recipes, I only wanted to try making two of them. There's a lot of options for pickling, which I don't care for unless it's actual pickles. There are some recipes for using some of the canned items like vegetable broth in a soup.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for beginners and those who are familiar with canning. Each section has a few recipes using the canned preserves, and I like that the sweet section actually doesn’t rely on thickeners.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

great review of the basics, classic recipes and things you might normally not think of when canning. should come back for some of the sauces and for the okra pickles.

[Terri Fleming · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I need to get back to canning this summer. I am pumped!

[Alaina · Rating 5 out of 5]

At least 10-15 recipes I want to try.