Here are methods and recipes for delectable sweet treats that can be made in less than half and hour, and in very few steps. You can mix up a batch of fruity spreads to savor or to share!

A comprehensive guide to home preserving and canning in small batches provides seasonally arranged recipes for 100 jellies, spreads, salsas and more while explaining the benefits of minimizing dependence on processed, store-bought preserves.

A home cook–friendly recipe collection of over seventy-five famed jams, jellies, butters, marmalades, and other fruit preserves, from a James Beard–nominated chef. “This is food whose time has come,” declared Mark Bittman about Sqirl, the much-beloved Los Angeles restaurant that locals, tourists, and critics alike all flock to. Sqirl all began with jam—organic, local, made from unusual combinations of fruits, fragrant, and not overly sweet—the kind of jam you eat with a spoon. The Sqirl Jam Book collects Jessica Koslow’s signature recipes into a cookbook that looks and feels like no other preserving book out there, inspiring makers to try their own hands at canning and creating. With photography and a design bound to inspire imitators, The Sqirl Jam Book will make you fall in love with jam.

Homemade jam is one of the most delicious desserts. Tasty and fragrant colorful fruit jam, with the smell of the sun and heat, is especially pleasant to taste during the cold winter period, recalling the hot and sunny summer days. This jam cookbook includes tasty jams and jellies recipes and will help you to cook delicious homemade jams. This book gives you the recipes you want to make delicious, new, and exciting preserves to enjoy throughout the year. Even better, with a jam and jelly maker and these recipes, you can make these delicious jams quickly and easily with no guesswork.

Discover how to grow fresh figs organically in cold climates—from Minnesota to Moscow—with the help of this informative guide. Growing Figs in Cold Climates is a complete, full-color, illustrated guide to organic methods for growing delicious figs in cold climates, well outside the traditional hot, arid home of this ancient fruiting tree. Coverage includes: Five methods for growing figs in cold climates including overwintering Cultivar selection for cool and cold climates Pruning techniques for a variety of methods of growing figs in cold climates Pest problems and solutions Harvesting, including ways to speed ripening, identify ripe fruit, and manage an overabundance Small-scale commercial fig production in cold climates Fresh figs are juicy, full-bodied, and filled with a honey-sweet flavor, and because truly ripe figs are highly perishable, they are only available to those who grow their own. By choosing the right cultivars and techniques, figs can be grown across cool and cold growing zones of North America, Europe, and beyond, putting them within reach of almost every gardener. Easy and delicious—if you can grow a houseplant, you can grow a fig. Praise for Growing Figs in Cold Climates “Lee Reich is a master at growing food, especially fruits, and his extensive personal knowledge about figs comes through clearly in his writings. . . . Follow his advice for growing figs and you are guaranteed success.” —Robert Pavlis, author, Garden Myths, Building Natural Ponds, and Soil Science for Gardeners, owner, Aspen Grove Gardens “We have grown this delicious fruit on Maine’s chilly coast, but Lee shows us how to do it even better.” —Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman, farmers, Four Season Farm, authors

Make Delicious Fresh Jams and Jellies Easily In Under 30 Minutes Preserving the fruits and berries of the season is easier than ever using these delicious recipes and a jam and jelly maker. Sumptuous jams and jellies can be a breeze: quick and delicious, easy to make, and ready in under 30 minutes with little guesswork and cleanup afterwards. You no longer need to be intimidated by the process of making your own sumptuous, colorful, glistening jams and jellies from the fresh berries and fruits that you see at your farmers market and local grocery. If you love to sample and buy the endless variety of gourmet jams and preserves that grace the aisles near the cheese, bread and fresh produce sections in your grocery store, now you can make your own varieties at home. The Jams and Jellies: Preserving By The Pint In Minutes gives you the recipes you want to make delicious, new and exciting preserves to enjoy throughout the year. Even better, with a jam and jelly maker and these recipes you can make these delicious jams quickly and easily with no guesswork. Perfect for Enjoying Fresh Jams and Jellies Yourself or for Gift Giving Here is just a sampling individual and crowd pleasing recipes in this book: Blackberry Jam Strawberry Rhubarb Jam Low Sugar Mixed Berry Jam No Sugar Strawberry Jam Pineapple Mango Green Chile Jam Carrot Cake Jam Tropical Daiquiri Jam Mint Jelly And more including jams and jellies made with jalapenos, sriracha, cider and more ... You are going to love the delicious, fast and easy jam and jelly recipes you will be able to make with these recipes in under 30 minutes with a Ball(r) FreshTECH Automatic Jam & Jelly Maker or any other similar Jam & Jelly Maker

Recipe book for dry ingredients assembled and stored for quick meals in the future.