Have you ever had the opportunity to can with little helpers? I have. We've had so much fun and so many messes. This spring I decided I would get 25 pounds of each of our three favorite types of dried ...

-- "The Amish Cook at Home," by Lovina Eicher and Kevin Williams (hardcover, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008, 204 pages, $29.99) All closed societies have their myths. A big one in parts of the ...

I have been processing grape juice. I have processed 114 quarts already. It will sure be nice to have our own this winter. I add less sugar than it calls for, so when we drink store-bought grape juice ...

We have been having beautiful weather this week. The cooler evenings and mornings makes sleeping a lot better and also makes canning vegetables not such a hot chore. We canned our red beets and 10 ...