Canning cookbook?

[SnuggleBuggles]

We own the "Ball Blue Book" but it's time for some new recipes. Ideas?

[oneplustwo]

The one you have was the one I was going to suggest! Hope someone else has some suggestions for you.

[eagle]

there is also the "Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving". for something a little more fancy there is also "Saving the Season: A Cook's Guide to Home Canning, Pickling, and Preserving" by Kevin West. i have those two, plus the blue book!

[Mali]

Food in jars is also supposed to be good. It's on my to be purchased list. She has a blog too so you can check that out to see if you like her style.

[kwc]

I just got "Canning for a New Generation" haven't used it much yet but it's very intriguing. My friend has the "Blue Chair Jam Cookbook" and loves it.
If you want to branch out a bit further, "urban pantry" is a smaller volume, not just about canning but preserving, stocking a pantry, etc.

[ladysoapmaker]

Tart and Sweet: 101 Canning and Pickling Recipes for the Modern Kitchen
Canning for a New Generation: Bold, Fresh Flavors for the Modern Pantry
Jam it, pickle it, cure it : and other cooking projects
The Prepper's Cookbook: 300 Recipes to Turn Your Emergency Food into Nutritious, Delicious, Life-Saving Meals
Pickle It!
The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving: Over 300 Recipes to Use Year-Round
The canning, freezing, curing & smoking of meat, fish & game

These are just a few of the books I've borrowed from friends or the library. They are pretty good. I plan on actually buying the first 4 as I really liked some of the recipes in those. There are several others I've gotten through the library on the nook however I don't have access to those titles.

Jen

[Momit]

I don't have the recipes handy right now, but two of my favorite jams that I've made are kiwi-physalis and grapefruit-pistachio. Will Google and ETA links if I find the exact ones.

[SnuggleBuggles]

Excellent list! Thanks!

[Ms B]

The most user-friendly modern canning book that I have found is "Put 'em Up" by Sherri Brooks Vinton, here: http://www.amazon.com/Put-em-Sherri-Brooks-Vinton/dp/1603425462. Canning for a New Generation runs a close second (link here: http://www.amazon.com/Canning-New-Generation-Flavors-Modern/dp/1584798645/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378905248&sr=1-1&keywords=canning+for+a+new+generation).

"Food in Jars" by Marisa McClellan is both a book here: http://www.amazon.com/Food-Jars-Preserving-Batches-Year-Round/dp/0762441437/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378904938&sr=1-1&keywords=food+in+jars and a blog here: http://foodinjars.com/ The caution on her recipes is that a decent proportion of her recipes are for small batches and can be harder to scale up when, for example, you have an entire bushel of tomatoes to process. On the other hand, they generally are perfect for when you have only a quart or two of something.

I have found both "The Blue Chair Jam Cookbook" and Paul Virant's "The Preservation Kitchen" to be nice and interesting to read, but not so easy to can with.

David Lebovitz has some good preserving recipes on his blog, although they mostly are refrigerator items as opposed to hot processed. Link here: http://www.davidlebovitz.com/. I do my pickled jalapenos based on his recipe.

I really want to read Ed Lee's new cookbook to see the preserving recipes, but that awaits that mystical thing known as "free time".

[squimp]

I have "You can can" from BHG. It's pretty basic but has everything I wanted to make.