There are two steps to canning. First you must sterilize the jars, then you have to process them when filled. 1. To sterilize, wash jars, lids and screw bands in warm, soapy water. Rinse. Set aside.

Based on the calendar, your backyard garden harvest should be winding down – but tell that to your garden. Though shorter days signal to plants that the end is approaching, local backyard ...

It’s my pleasure to introduce a guest columnist this week to pass along the latest and safest recommendations for home tomato canning. Tomatoes are America’s favorite homegrown vegetable, and canning ...

There is no fruit as versatile as a tomato fresh from the vine. Canning the surplus further expands its versatility to hearty winter dishes, sauces, soups and juice. You will need canning jars ...

EQUIPMENT: • 7 quart jars with rings and brand-new lids which has a rubber seal • Large sturdy kettle • Canner • Tongs • Funnel PREPARATION: To sterilize jars, before filling with hot mixture, wash ...

Is it the wintertime stash of home-canned tomatoes that appeals? Or the traditions surrounding the process of preservation?

"Could you freeze the rest of the tomatoes tomorrow?" I asked my husband. I had filled a large box and a 5-gallon pail with large, ripe tomatoes. I also was packing to leave for a conference the next ...

I’d much rather reach for one of those big jars of tomatoes and make my own. And there’s nothing like opening a jar of fresh summer tomatoes in the dead of winter. My homemade macaroni and bean soup, ...

Here today, gone tomato. That is the woe of the best gift from the season. Red, yellow, big and small—tomatoes ruled our Instagram feeds once again this year. And we’re not ready to say goodbye to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Canning of tomato sauce is a family tradition Silvana DiDonna and her sister, Maria Scalise, both Staten Islanders, have enjoyed since their childhood in the 1960s in ...