If you know me at all, it should come as no surprise that I will try to make jam or jelly out of nearly any edible plant life, these days. I love the challenge, and when it works, there’s no greater rush! I’m also into multitasking my jams and jellies – that is,…
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Spicy Watermelon Jam
Give me fruit and I’m going to make jam. In under an hour. That was the culinary challenge I accepted at an Eat, Write, Retreat food bloggers conference, several years ago. The fruit? Watermelon! Now, there was something I’d never done before. And since our theme at the time was Cinco de Mayo, it called…
Roasting Peppers For Now and Later – A Tutorial
Sweet bell peppers in all sorts of jewel-like colors from green to yellow to orange to red to chocolate and purple. Fiery jalapeños and serranos, fruity and spicy Hatch chiles and banana peppers, mild Cubanelles, and everything in between, above and below on the Scoville Scale. They’re calling your name. You picked a peck…