num_pages: 544
description: The ultimate canning guide for cooksfrom the novice to the professionaland the only book you need to save (and savor) the season throughout the entire yearGardening history 18th-century American painters poems and practical information; it's a rich book. And unlike other books on preserving West gives recipes that will goad you to make easy preserves.  The AtlanticStrawberry jam. Pickled beets. Homegrown tomatoes. These are the tastes of Kevin Wests Southern childhood and they are the tastes that inspired him to save the season as he traveled from the citrus groves of Southern California to the cranberry bogs of Massachusetts and everywhere in between chronicling Americas rich preserving traditions. Here West presents his 220 recipes for sweet and savory jams pickles cordials cocktails candies and more  from Classic Apricot Jam to Green Tomato Chutney; from Pickled Asparagus with Tarragon and Green Garlic to Scotch Marmalade. Includes 300 full-color photographs .
language: English
title: Saving the Season: A Cook's Guide to Home Canning, Pickling, and Preserving: A Cookbook
publisher: Knopf