For the past five years, I’ve spent my late-summer birthday making plum jam. Parties are fun. Cake is good. But all I want is the quiet pleasure of standing over the stove, stirring and staring as the ...

Few things hit the spot like a good Plum Preserves Recipe. Making plum preserves at home is a classic way to hold onto the bold, sweet-tart flavor of summer’s best plums. People love these preserves ...

We use strawberry jam as an example to explore the underlying principles of water activity, a key technique for food preservation. For those of us in northern climates, strawberries are the first ...

Damsons are small, oval, indigo-hued plums with tart, greenish-yellow flesh popular in British, Irish, and early American ...