Can It & Ferment It: More Than 75 Satisfying Small-Batch Canning and Fermentation Recipes for the Whole Year

I ordered this book as soon as the pre-order became available. I'm going to be buying this for any future friends that want to learn the canning and fermenting arts because I'm often asked where to start...here's a great start! I've been following Minnesota From Scratch for a while. Stephanie Thurow comes off just as friendly and knowledgeable through social media as her words do in her cookbook. I absolutely love the way it's written. It's like she's speaking to you as a friend, like she's teaching you in the comfort of her kitchen, just like her aunt taught her! It's an easy read for sure. Her book is very well laid out. Every picture is so beautiful and was taken by the author herself of her own homemade, small batch goods. There are space for notes included with each recipe, as well as designated space for notes in other areas of the book. It was thoughtful to include this because, as is with cooking, you will find that sometimes recipes need to be tweaked to your liking. Whether that be the seasoning, the variety of produce you use, or the best place in town to find that produce, notes are always smart to keep so that you can duplicate that yummy recipe later, just the way you made it! She also brings up an important point...involve the kids! It's never too early to teach them such valuable skills. They can help in the smallest of ways and they will still feel included, and they will still learn by watching, not to mention the bonding time! The recipes are written in simple, easy to understand details. The fact that the recipes are small batch makes this book very unique! Most recipes that you will find are tailored to large batches! I've been canning for 3 years and fermenting for 2. To me, this book is invaluable. I haven't found one to include both canning and fermenting recipes that is so well written, AND beautiful!

Love the recipes and details in this book! So many are unique and new-to-me recipes, recipes that I've never heard of in my region. Love the details and how well it is written. Highly recommend.

If your into fermentation and looking to can up something this book is one for you. It has photos easy to read instructions to follow. I love that it’s hard cover. I am starting my first two fermentations I can’t wait to get started.

I like all the exciting different recipes that are in this book. The only thing I dislike about it is they're not specific about how many jars it'll fill. On my first ferment I just guessed I'm excited to try it. Recipes do tell you how long to ferment

This is one of the most well put-together books on canning and fermenting I've seen. It is so organized. Lots of pictures, a place for notes under the recipes, not to big to hold and read, organized by seasons. Just a fantastic book. I highly recommend getting this to add to your collection.

I just got my Kindle download of this book, and already am unable to put it down! Stephanie Thurow writes extremely clearly, and gives helpful instructions for each recipe. She includes tips, variations, and suggestions that don't clutter up the original recipe, but are there to offer options and information to the interested cook. I've never fermented before, so am eager to try one of the ferments in this collection. The canning recipes are terrific, and all are arranged by the season, so it is easy to make the best use of your local conditions and available produce. I'll be heading to my farmer's market to get green beans shortly, so I can try her pickled beans recipe. By the way, the Kindle version seems to work just fine; the photos are excellent, the internal links all work, and I've bookmarked each section's table of contents so I can easily return to it to find another recipe.

I absolutely love this book. Recipes are written in a clear and concise manner that are easily understood and are all in small batch form making it insanely easy to increase the volume for larger batches. I first found out about the book on social media as I followed her on Instagram having lived in Minnesota where she is from and loving everything about the food world. I had pickling and fermenting on my mind ever since I found out about Rene Redzepi and his restaurant Noma. I've always found the practices, methods, and flavors vastly interesting. I highly recommend picking up this book if you are trying to get a foot in the door as it gives you the basics for what you need to know about preserving and the inspiration to push past the basics once you have them down. I've also found that the author is very helpful and forthcoming with information and answers questions you may have on social media which is absolutely amazing. One of the best purchases for the kitchen I have made in a while!

I was gifted this book and then bought one for my friend that was just starting to get into canning food from her garden. It makes it easy to follow with instructions and directions and pictures! It also give great ideas for recipes when you can't think of how you would want to preserve certain foods. Would recommend to anyone who cans or just is getting into canning!

These recipes are so incredibly different. The instructions are very well thought out and written. I want to make every one of them, and then sample them.

What a special book! It's lovely to find such a variety of recipes. Being small batch recipes, it is easy to find a little sliver of time to fit into a busy schedule. This is a unique little niche (pun intended). I hope you are working on the next book. I'll be preserving and waiting in the meantime.

This book is just what I wanted, Was looking for lots of fermenting recipes for my garden harvest, it also had lots of other info that is helpful. I recommend.

Bought for my husband as a gift. He's gotten lots of information from it and has just started fermenting.

Being a baby boomer me never learned how to canning, and coming from Australia 🇦🇺 not everyone caned only rural folks out on stations where they had to grow fruit and veg year round as they would only go into town once a month or every couple months. Buy all dry goods in bulk now my turn because of extra veggies I have once harvest starts tomatoes 🍅 hot chilli 🌶 cucumber corn 🌽. Nothing tastes better than home grown vegetables.