Beaches and cream

Armed with enthusiasm, Megan Holbeck launches her own invasion of a spectacular region of northern France, only to be overcome by its charms - and the food.

BRIEFLY: Aug. 20

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Yes you can: Preserving fruits and vegetables is easy

CANNING ISN'T just for grandma anymore. Long associated with life on the farm, preserving, or "putting up" tomatoes, peach jam and dill pickles, was as foreign to city folk as mowing the back 40 and milking the cows. Unless your family had some kind of connection to the land, the notion of canning just never came up.

BRIEFLY: Aug. 13

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