Summer jam, made by Amer Budayr at his home in Orinda, captures the essence of apricots. (Ian Bates / For The Times) In its small glass jar, the apricot jam looked smooth and dense — closer to apple ...

This means home cooks might find themselves eyeing a half-empty jar of apricot basil jam and thinking, “I could do that for less than $12.” Spotting an abundance of figs on a local tree may spark a ...

April classes have been announced for the Jam Kitchen at the Thornton W. Burgess Green Briar Nature Center in East Sandwich.

My little son asked why I bothered—and got a longer answer than he'd expected. "Why do you bother making jam when you can just buy it at the store for cheap?" My youngest son posed an excellent ...

This is the season for jam makers. Even better, it’s the season when gardeners with laden trees give baskets full of fruit to jam enthusiasts — and the jam makers say “thank you” by giving the ...

In its small glass jar, the apricot jam looked smooth and dense — closer to apple butter than glossy preserves. Apricots will always darken during cooking, but this stuff had deepened a few shades ...