Vinton - Put em up!: a comprehensive home preserving guide for the creative cook, from drying and freezing to canning and pickling

A COMPREHENSIVE HOME PRESERVING GUIDE FOR THE CREATIVE COOK FROM DRYING AND FREEZING TO CANNING AND PICKLING

SHERRI BROOKS VINTON

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Photography by Kevin Kennefick

Illustrations by Elara Tanguy

Indexed by Christine Lindemer, Boston Road Communications

2010 by Sherri Brooks Vinton

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Vinton, Sherri Brooks, 1968

Put em up! / by Sherri Brooks Vinton.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-60342-546-9 (paper with flaps : alk. paper)

1. VegetablesPreservation 2. FruitPreservation. 3. Cookery (Vegetables)

4. Cookery (Fruit)

I. Title.

TX612.V4V56 2010

641.651dc22

2010009609

For all of the home cooks who nourish family and friends, culture, and tradition