The Complete Idiot's Guide to Preserving Food: Can It. Freeze It. Pickle It. Preserve It. Here s How.

by Karen K. Brees

You can preserve just about everything-from soup to nuts.

Food contamination scandals, the rising cost of food, organic eating, and better nutrition-all these factors contribute to the upsurge in interest in food preservation. While there are many books on canning, freezing, and pickling foods, few are as comprehensive as The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Preserving Food , in which readers learn how easy and beneficial food preservation can be with detailed, step-by-step instructions.

*The sales of Ball(r) jars for preservation have jumped 28% in the past year, indicating a strong increase in interest in preserving food
*The author is a Master Food Preserver with over 40 years of expertise
*Advice on preserving for special needs diets is unique to this book
*Provides instructional photos

Genres: Cookbooks

384 pages, Paperback

First published July 5, 2005

Reviews

[Pearlyn Lim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent reference. The section on making jams arent useful to me though since I wont make jams.

[Greta · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very thorough overview of the various methods of food preservation, ranging from the simplest (freezing) to canning (both boiling water and pressure canning) and more esoteric methods, such as smoking (anyone up for a building a smokehouse in their backyard? If so, the book notes you should check with the township to make sure it's okay to do so!) and root cellaring (umm, does anyone even HAVE a root cellar anymore?!). But good information throughout, and the author slyly manages to slip humor in among all the facts, too.

[Janice · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the book you want when the apocalypse goes down. Here is how to store all kinds of food from fruits and veggies to meat and fish. It's all here.

I really just wanted to know how to dry herbs and how to store some of the excess veggies from the garden. I got so much more.

[Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have given it five stars because I like the way it is written. I have not actually used it yet. Thought you ought to know.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice resource.

[Anna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointed

Was an absolute waste of time. It did not help me at all. I am glad I did not buy it.