Member Reviews: Pickles to Relish

Beverly Alfeld is, to say the least, passionate about food preservation. The big tip off is she has developed her own food preserving alter ego, the Jamlady, whom she channeled for her previous book, The Jamlady Cookbook, and who occasionally peeks out of  the pages of  her latest book, Pickles to Relish. In her new work Ms Alfeld extols not the predominantly sweet side of food preservation but the savory and spicy. Jams and jellies are left behind for the sake of pickles, relishes, chutneys, chow-chows, jardinià¨res, and sauces. Upon first look, the photography of Jim Smith peppered throughout the book is inspiration enough to go dashing off to grab as many canning jars as possible in...