What’s the first kitchen tool that comes to mind when you think of home food preservation? For many people, it’s probably a freezer or a canning jar, but if you want to put up a lot of food, ...

Dehydrating food has been a practical preservation strategy since ancient times. Today, dehydrated foods pop up everywhere from your favorite snack aisle to your local sporting goods store.

If you have a box of pears on the counter and no freezer space left, dehydrating pears is such a great solution. You turn juicy fruit into chewy, sweet snacks that fit in a jar instead of taking over ...

Dehydrating food is considered one of our oldest—if not oldest—method for preserving food. For as long as our species has been gathering, foraging, and throwing spears at wild beasts, we have been ...

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Stocking your pantry with non-perishable snacks like apple chips, fruit leather, and beef jerky is not a frugal task. Neither is filling your spice rack with all the dried herbs you might need to ...

Years ago, I witnessed an older Greek woman tending raisins drying on her sunny rooftop on the island of Crete. It seemed a timeless moment as I watched her wooden pitchfork gently turn the deep ...

Dehydrating food has been a practical preservation strategy since ancient times. Today, dehydrated foods pop up everywhere from your favorite snack aisle to your local sporting goods store.