Q. I would like to make tomato jam or preserves from some of the sweet heirloom tomatoes in my garden. I prefer not to use Certo. Do you have a good recipe? Thanks so much. - Corinne Kitts Williams A.

Anne Kilmurray from Pottsville, Pa., was looking for a recipe for tomato jelly or tomato preserves. She used to have an old recipe of her mother’s but she has misplaced it and the farmers’ market in ...

Tomato jam or preserves goes back to the days when mothers and grandmothers canned fruits and vegetables for preservation, especially when they had a bumper crop of fruits or vegetables. The sweet, ...

This is a typical Southern relish. Serve over green beans, black-eyed peas, butter beans or cabbage. — Nathalie Dupree Place all the ingredients in a heavy non-aluminum saucepan. Cook slowly, stirring ...

Every recipe, it seems, has a story. Some are ordinary, but others come with a colorful history. "This tomato recipe is sweet and spicy and a favorite of mine from the 1930s and '40s," Lavern Maloney ...

Instructions: Tie pickling spice and ginger root in a square of cheesecloth, creating a spice bag. Combine sugar, lemon slices, water and spice bag in a large, deep stainless steel saucepan. Bring to ...