Well Preserved: A Jam Making Hymnal

This book is about my relationship with jam, my soul, music, and the world in which I live. When I make jam I slow down, my actions become rhythmical, my thinking clear. The repetitive motions of washing, stirring, pouring, and labeling allow me the space to think about my life -- what it means to be starting over and how I can embrace this stage of my life with vitality and joy.
With warmth and love, Joan Hassol takes us on an evocative journey through raspberry patches, in search of beach plums, down memory's lane, and ultimately to her bed-and-breakfast on Cape Cod, where her jam business, Well Preserved, is in full operation. In over seventy easy-to-prepare recipes -- none of which requires special equipment -- she reveals how to create such goodies as blueberry, wild cherry, and concord grape jams, five-fruit marmalade, pear with frangelico jam, and green tomato chutney, as well as breads, muffins, and cakes to complement the preserves or to serve on their own.
Well Preserved is a jam-making hymnal, a vibrant celebration of nature's rich bounty, as much about the soul as cooking.

Author: Joan Hassol
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 06/02/1998
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.29w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9780684839219

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/15/1998 pg. 101

About the Author
Joan Hassol, mother of six and grandmother of nine, started her
jam-making business, Well Preserved, in 1990. She lives in Brewster,
Massachusetts.