Homemade fruit jam is a delicious, easy way to preserve the flavors of fresh fruits like strawberries, blueberries, or peaches. This recipe combines your favorite fruits with a touch of lemon juice ...

This story is a component of the feature “Seasons of Preserves: Berry Jelly,” which is part of a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” As RuPaul sings in the 2012 song ...

In the past, making jam was a way to have fruit on hand during the long winter months. Today, we make jam more for pleasure than out of necessity. A range of new pectin now allows us to make jam ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We use strawberry jam as an example to explore the underlying principles of water activity, a key technique for food preservation.

I know summer doesn’t officially end until Sept. 23, but in most people’s minds, the last day of summer is the Tuesday after Labor Day. But I’m holding on. At least until all the local fruit, ...

My Opa, meaning grandfather in Dutch, has been making his own jam for years and it's pretty amazing. His recipe for jam, which he says can also be called a "fruit spread," only has three ingredients.

How texture, sweetness, and fruit content set these two apart.