A simple breakfast of toast and jam can really start your day off on the right foot. But if that jam is homemade, then your day just got that much better. Ina Garten has a homemade strawberry jam ...

My grandmother used to make jam every year out of the summer bounty of berries. It was a multi-day project involving scorching-hot vats of berries, thickened by pectin and pounds of white sugar, which ...

My grandmother wasn’t your average grandmother in the kitchen. She was a huge advocate for quick and easy meals. On days when she wanted a sandwich she could slap together for herself and my ...

With the holidays near, there is one type of gift I’m always happy to receive — a delicious jar of homemade jam. And here’s the truth: You don’t need to be Martha Stewart or Ina Garten to make ...

My little son asked why I bothered—and got a longer answer than he'd expected. "Why do you bother making jam when you can just buy it at the store for cheap?" My youngest son posed an excellent ...

Mother’s Day always feels like a bit of a push-pull to me on many levels. Leaving the wide range of family dynamics aside (that’s another article, to be written by another writer!), ...

Other: Homemade mango jam starts with the essentials: well-ripened mangoes, a little sugar and a touch of lemon to balance each bite. It only takes three ingredients to make a homemade preserve that ...