Grape jelly has long been on my canning wish list, but frankly, I was afraid to ask. I worried it might be complicated and involved added pectin. And of course, there’s the matter of tracking down the ...

Making grape jam on the stove requires a lot of hands-on stirring. Plus, it's more prone to burning. This slow cooker ...

Regardless how our lives unfolded the preceding year, each harvest season Mary Horton Carstensen and I meet for a high-stakes exchange. This year in the back alley of Lulu’s Café in Bayview, a box of ...