This book offers a clear road map for preserving fruits, vegetables,and fish through a traditional, farmer or fisherman-centric into a Western cooking repertoire. An essential backdrop to the 125 recipes outlined in this book are portraits of the producers and artisanal products used to make these salted and fermented foods. Recipe methods range from the ultra-traditional to the modern.

Joel and Dana's journey into preserving began with an innocent lesson in making jam. Almost a decade later, WellPreserved.ca is an extraordinary resource for both beginners and experts alike. Their much-anticipated first cookbook showcases seven different preserving techniques--waterbath canning, pressure canning, dehydrating, fermenting, cellaring, salting & smoking, and infusing--and takes readers on a trip to the market in twenty-five ingredients....