Online Author Talk: Holly Capelle

Connect with your food like never before by diving into the art of preserving. In her new book, Preserving the Seasons, author, cook, and expert home preserver Holly Capelle offers a comprehensive guide to canning, jamming, infusing, drying, dehydrating, pickling, and more!

Preserving the Seasons provides clear and safe best practices for preserving herbs, fruit, vegetables, and edible flowers. It is one-stop shopping for the simplest and safest methods: jamming, infusing, drying, dehydrating, freezing, freeze-drying, and quick-pickling.

Highlights include:

  • 100+ recipes such as dry rubs, marinades, pie fillings, that use what you’ve preserved.
  • Expert tips and lists of equipment needed for each preserving method.
  • Hundreds of full color photographs that guide and inspire.
  • A comprehensive list of herbs for botanical teas and an exhaustive guide to edible flowers with preserving and usage notes. (Think: Compound butter! Cake decorations!)
  • Original recipes for jams and jellies, such as Wild Violet jelly and Spiced Raspberry Jam.
  • Ideas for infusing salt, sugar, honey, oil, and vinegar to elevate cooking.
  • A user-friendly index that quickly helps you find ways to preserve and enjoy your bounty.

Register today to learn about enhancing your recipes with delicious preserving ideas! https://libraryc.org/waterfordlibraryNY/184430

About the Author:

Holly Capelle is a passionate home cook, dedicated food preservationist, and advocate for sustainable living. She is the founder of @BigFamilyLiving, an online community for people who like to preserve, create, cook, and garden. With more than three decades of culinary experience, Holly Capelle has mastered the art of combining traditional preservation techniques with modern-day practicality. Together with her husband Kevin and their six children, she has transformed their suburban home into a thriving mini-homestead, where they grow, harvest, and preserve their own food. She lives just outside Portland, Oregon. Preserving the Seasons is her first book.

Community Fabric Swap

The Waterford Public Library is holding our second Community Fabric Swap! This is a great time to refresh your fabric stores at no cost. Donations will be accepted all day Thursday April 16 (10-6), and Friday April 17 (10-2). Donations must be in good condition (no stains, holes, strong odors). Donations may include sewing notions (pins, scissors, patterns, working machines, thread, bobbins, etc). You do not need to donate fabric to participate in the swap, though it is encouraged. Excess fabric at the end of the swap will be donated to Up-Stitch!
We look forward to seeing you! This event is rain or shine, though we are hoping for good weather so that we can hold it outdoors. Drop-ins are welcome and encouraged!