This is the second in a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” Cooking columnist Ben Mims follows up stone fruit jam with his take on autumnal apple butter. Before there ...

If you’ve got great fruit, you’re most of the way to making great jam. The rest is just creativity, time and confidence. Laurel Burleson, chef and owner of Ugly Apple Café in Madison, Wisconsin, once ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...