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Put em Up Fruit Sherri Brooks Vinton

RECIPE: Pears Poached in Wine from “Put ’em Up! Fruit”

Although we could can seasonal produce all year, there’s something about the harvest season that has us stuffing and hoarding Mason jars. To help you take advantage of pear season, we share one of our favorite recipes from Sherri Brooks Vinton’s latest book “Put ’em Up! Fruit.”

FROM OUR RECIPE ARCHIVES: Autumn-Olive Jam

From August to early November, autumn-olive trees around the city are loaded with red currant-like berries, easily identifiable by their silver-stippled skins. In our current issue, Marie Viljoen shares tips for where to find the trees, when to taste the berries and how to turn the sweetly tart fruit into luscious autumn-olive jam.