Apricots (never use over-ripe ones - the jam won't set if you do) Pop them into a moderate oven for a couple of minutes - make sure they heat properly. Do the same with metal lids (or you can use the ...

Edon Waycott’s strawberry jam tastes like strawberries, only more so. Strawberries squared. Strawberries to the nth degree. It could be that this is the way jam used to taste before we stopped making ...

The peaches this summer have been the best I’ve ever had. Maybe that’s because I’m pregnant so everything tastes better, or maybe it’s just a good year for peaches. I have been eating at least one ...

Jam and jelly are both spreads made with fruits. Jam is made from crushed or ground fruit, while jelly is made from fruit juice. Jam and jelly are two popular types of fruit spreads found in ...

Most people have never tasted a perfectly ripe, fragrant apricot, or felt juice run as they bit into it or wondered at how the tangy flavor even seems to well on the tongue after swallowing.

Halve and pit the apricots, then cut in half again (or into smaller pieces if you prefer your jam less chunky). Put into a big bowl, then toss with the sugar and lemon juice. Leave the mixture to ...

Dear Readers: Here is a flashback recipe from my mother, the original Heloise, that we think was printed in the mid-'70s or earlier. It is a delicious apricot jam made from dried fruit that is ...

8 cups washed, pitted apricots chopped into bite-size pieces (about 4½ pounds ripe or slightly underripe whole fruit) 2 cups granulated sugar ½ cup fresh lemon juice (from 3-6 lemons) ...

This is my idea of a perfect cake: simple, beautiful, fragrant and beguiling. I’ve been making this sort of cake, in one form or another, since my clementine cake in How To Eat, and I can’t help but ...