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The pelican is the state bird of Louisiana, and the state flower is the magnolia. But did you know that the state fruit is the strawberry? Yes, that most common and much-loved fruit is our Louisiana ...

One of the best ways to enjoy Louisiana strawberries all year long is to make jam. If you're new to canning and jam-making "Foolproof Preserving" (2016, America's Test Kitchen, $29.95) is a good ...

Renay Knapp steadily turns the handle of a food mill round and round. She's mashing and straining cooked apple slices, which come out a little at a time into a glass bowl as applesauce she'll later ...

Shopping at a farmers market on a weekend morning can turn bittersweet if your eye for just-picked summer fruit is bigger than your refrigerator and appetite. That's a crisis first-time cookbook ...

Prepare a boiling water bath and two half-pint jars according to the process below. Place two lids in a small saucepan of water and bring to a gentle simmer. Hull and chop the berries and place them ...

Sometimes it’s good to cook by feel, tasting things as you go, throwing in a “why not” ingredient here, a dash of something else there. But canning is not one of those times. Hand-holding is highly ...

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Kevin West, author and blogger, takes NPR's Lynn Neary to a farmers market to choose the summer's best produce for canning. "You take this... Preserving The Season's Fruits With A Canning Evangelist ...