I spent the weekend in Orlando at the Food and Wine Conference (it’s put on by the team behind Sunday Supper). I gave a short talk, but mostly spent my time catching up with Maggie and Merry Jennifer, and soaking up all the good knowledge and experience that the rest of the presenters and bloggers had to share. It was good and I’m so glad I went. Now, links!
- Want to make some homemade wine this summer? Check out this DIY fermenter set-up!
- Zucchini bread and butter pickles (from my new book!). Thanks Pam!
- Small batch sour cherry apricot jam. Sounds like a dreamy combination to me.
- Brilliance from My Homespun Home. Christina uses cranberries to help boost the pectin levels in strawberry jam.
- Refrigerator giardiniera. Yes, please.
- Candied jalapenos with a splash of tequila from the always clever Autumn.
- A round-up of recent preserves from Rebecca over at Cakewalk. Those currants just could not be any prettier!
- Gorgeous, glowing black currant jam.
- Curious about blue garlic in pickles? Here’s the explanation.
- My friend Amanda wrote a lovely post about my book over on her site, Phickle. Truly, she made me blush with words. Thank you, Amanda!
Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter the Felix Doolittle giveaway! The winner is #159/Erin. She said, “Oh what beautiful labels! I would choose the fox branch label.” Happily, you’ll be able to just that, Erin! Enjoy!
Yay! Thank you for the shout-out! And I saw it by complete coincidence, too, since it’s too early to see a stat bump. Giardiniera toast! *bonk* 🙂 Also, that homebrewing setup you linked is super exciting! One of these days I am going to start experimenting in that direction…
Congratulations to Erin on the win
Thanks for sharing, Marisa! Here’s to more black currants in the world!
It was so wonderful spending time with you at the conference. I loved getting to know you more!
We tried Autumn’s candied jalapenos with tequila, and now I am sold. She stated that this was not a canning recipe. Could you make an acidic version that we could can it? I would like to stock up on such a treat. Thanks, Katie
Katie, I just don’t know whether the candied jalapenos could be made safe for canning. So sorry!
Thanks for getting back. Bummer! They are very good. Thanks for sharing.
Reply to Katie H. Canning Homeade has a recipe very similar to what you are wanting. It is called Cowboy Candy, basically sweet pickled jalapenos