Food Preservation

Food preservation involves preventing the growth of bacteria, fungi (such as yeasts), or other micro-organisms (although some methods work by introducing benign bacteria or fungi to the food), as well as slowing the oxidation of fats that cause rancidity. Food preservation may also include processes that inhibit visual deterioration, such as the enzymatic browning reaction in apples after they are cut during food preparation.

Many processes designed to preserve food will involve a number of food preservation methods. Preserving fruit by turning it into jam, for example, involves boiling (to red
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Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation
Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving
Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables
The Art of Fermentation: An in-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World
The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving: Over 300 Delicious Recipes to Use Year-Round
Put 'em Up!
Putting Food By
Food in Jars: Preserving in Small Batches Year-Round
Canning for a New Generation: Bold, Fresh Flavors for the Modern Pantry
The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Ellix KatzFood in Jars by Marisa McClellanCharcuterie by Michael RuhlmanPreserves by Pam CorbinPreserving by the Pint by Marisa McClellan
Essential Preserving Books
32 books — 9 voters
The Prepared Home Every Day by Melissa  GeorgePutting Food By by Ruth HertzbergSeasons at the Farm by Shaye ElliottOff Grid and Free by Ron MelchioreThe Ultimate Situational Survival Guide by Robert   Richardson
Best Prepper-Homesteading Books
18 books — 9 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonCradle to Cradle by William McDonoughThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Urban Homestead by Kelly CoyneThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Being "Green"
390 books — 239 voters
Elderberries by Alicia BayerAcorn Foraging by Alicia BayerStalking the Wild Asparagus by Euell GibbonsPreserves by Pam CorbinBooze for Free by Andy  Hamilton
Best Foraging Books
18 books — 8 voters


What my aunt wanted to try was to create the Night Library. Through all of her studies of art, she'd discovered the importance of preserving this thing known as the past. "You know, it's presumptuous to think that the present is more advanced than the past," she said. "Putting aside industry, science, and chemistry, there hasn't been any progress in the arts, or literature." She told me this while she stood in front of the statue David in the Accademia Gallery. "Probably we can't produce magnifi ...more
Hika Harada, Dinner at the Night Library

Many aspects of the human condition are beautiful and many others are vile. Betrayal and personal agony represent a maddening part of being human. A person can maintain personal dignity by exercising restraint, remaining true to their conscience, and preserving under difficult conditions.
Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

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