Posts by Marisa

Marisa McClellan is a food writer, canning teacher, and dedicated farmers' market shopper who lives in Philadelphia, PA. She shares her many canning projects (all cooked up in her 80 square foot kitchen) at Food in Jars. Her first cookbook will be published by Running Press in March 2012.

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For the Love of Small Batch Canning (Recipe: Spiced Plum Jam)

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Written by Marisa of Food in Jars. Plum jam tastes like childhood to me. When I was very young, my family lived in a house with three Santa Rosa plum trees scattered around the yard and every other year, we spent three weeks wading through a sea of plums. We’d eat them until we couldn’t [...]

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Preserving Autumn: Marisa’s Apple Butter Method

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Written by Marisa McClellan of Food in Jars. In recent years, apple and pear butters have become integral parts of my fall. I spoon pear butter into my morning yogurt and spread apple butter on toast (often atop a primary layer of peanut butter). They are sweet, fairly healthy (as fruit spreads go) and I [...]

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Canning 101: Home Canned Tomatoes

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The following is a guest post from Marisa of Food in Jars. Welcome, Marisa! Canned tomatoes are a pantry staple. However for most of us, our tomatoes come in cans from the grocery store. For a moment though, imagine what it would be like to have a pantry lined with sparkling glass jars, filled with [...]

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