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Holiday Shopping from Amazon

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Time is growing short to order Holiday gifts online. Here are some recommendations of cookbooks and other kitchen items at Amazon.com. Hugs Kitchen is proud to be in association with Amazon, an online vendor you can count on.

Canning, preserving, root cellaring books

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$8.95

Better Homes and Gardens Presents American All Time Favorite Canning and Preserving Recipes. All of America's favorite canning and preserving recipes are presented in a single mouth-watering treasury. Recipes are based on the very latest food preservation guidelines set by the USDA, and included throughout are special tip boxes that suggest ways to package foods for special gift-giving.
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$11.96

Root Cellaring : Natural Cold Storage of Fruits and Vegetables Root cellaring, as many people remember but only a few people still practice, is a way of using the earth's naturally cool, stable temperature to store perishable fruits and vegetables. Root cellaring, as Mike and Nancy Bubel explain here, is a no-cost, simple, low-technology, energy-saving way to keep the harvest fresh all year long.
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$11.96

Preserving Summer's Bounty: A Quick and Easy Guide to Freezing, Canning, and Preserving, and Drying What You Grow This book covers everything you need to know about freezing, canning, preserving, pickling, drying, juicing, & root cellaring. Step-by-step instructions make it easy for even a beginner to follow. The book starts out with a harvesting guide that includes all methods that can be used to preserve each crop. Next, freezing is covered including a crop-by-crop guide & blanching methods. Then both bath & pressure canning are demonstrated in detail. A processing timetable for each crop is included as well. Instructions for making fruit butters as well as cooked, pectin, & refrigerator jams & jellies follows. The drying section includes shelf life for dried food & instructions for making your own dryer. There are also over 250 delicious recipes you can freeze, can or preserve and a resource guide for modern & heirloom seeds.
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$12.76

CANNING & PRESERVING WITHOUT SUGAR, 4th Edition by Norma M. MacRae How can pectin-deficient ingredients which normally rely on sugar for setting be adjusted for sugarless cooking? Diabetics in particular will find this an excellent guide to preparing preserves without sugar, or to using artificial sweeteners as substitutes. An excellent cookbook with an unusual premise.
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$22.36

The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest by Carol W. Costenbader, Pamela Lappies (Editor) Whether you're an experienced canner or just someone trying to figure out how to preserve what you just grew, this is the book to have. Not only does it cover the basics, such as jelly bags, what-the-heck-is-pectin, blanching, steam canning vs. pressure canning, and basic safetey tips, it also conatins dozens of recipes and hints for experienced canners as well. Also included are hints on preserving dried and frozen fruits, and how to make "fruit leather"
Book of Food Drying, Pickling & Smoke Curing

$14.36

Don Holm's Book of Food Drying, Pickling & Smoke Curing by Don. Holm, Myrtle Holm. You can learn the EASY way to dry, smoke, pickle any meat, fruit, or fish with the easy-to-follow directions in this food preservation cookbook. There is also information about the type of equipment needed plus delicious and unusual recipes, including jerky and pemmican.
good book on canning

$12.76

Putting food by. I was first introduced to this classic guide by an old Vermonter who was a friend of the family. I have owned several editions and always find myself turning back to it. If I could only own a single book on canning, this would be it. "A classic guide to freezing, canning, and preserving food which includes new information on freezing for the microwave, making Christmas presents, canning convenience food, and kitchen equipment." Reprint.

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