On Your Table: Savoring the last of summer, preserving your tomatoes

By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent , The Times Tomato jam is a wonderful way of making summer tomatoes last longer. If you’re like me you’ve been pampering garden tomatoes all summer, and guess what, now they’re all coming to harvest. What to do? I love to eat them like apples with a little salt sprinkled on. But really – what can one do to preserve this bountiful harvest? Here’s...

On Your Table: Making summer last

Canning is a great way to keep that fresh taste alive for months By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times If you are like me, right now you are probably staring at a pile of garden vegetables on the kitchen table imploring  “please do something with me” and wondering how in the world you are going to consume or preserve all that bounty. Earlier in the summer, that produce was seductive. ...