And so now I’m reading that jam-making has become a favored pastime of the culinary adventurers. That’s great -- there are few things that make breakfast sweeter than spooning homemade preserves onto ...

Ask Rachel Saunders, and she'll tell you there's a whole lot more to do with jam than as a topping for toast. Blue Chair Cooks with Jam & Marmalade is an encyclopedic tome that the Oakland-based ...

Sibling rivalry starts early: One gets the straight hair, one gets the curly. And so it is with those late-summer darlings, peaches and nectarines. The smooth-skinned nectarine may be a mutation of ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Yield: About 5 cups 2 pounds pitted, cut-up nectarines 1 3/4 pounds granulated sugar (about 4 cups) 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1.

Once, we made ice cream in the summer because the season demanded it. The grass was high, cows were in milk and orchards heaved with fruit. Today, we buy ice cream from stores because it’s cold and we ...