Look for thick, prolific grape vines on shorelines or wherever the soil is sandy. The grapes are ready to harvest when they turn purple—usually early to mid-October. Since grapes and poison ivy tend ...

Grape jelly has long been on my canning wish list, but frankly, I was afraid to ask. I worried it might be complicated and involved added pectin. And of course, there’s the matter of tracking down the ...

“I am certain that the good Lord never intended grapes to be made into grape jelly.” — Fiorello H. La Guardia I am certain that Mr. La Guardia thought a grape’s most valiant purpose involved crushing ...

This is the last installment of “L.A. in a Jar,” cooking columnist Ben Mims’ four-part series on preserving fruit at home. The first fruit preserve I ever ate was muscadine jelly. A woman in my small ...

These easy, three-ingredient Grape Jelly Meatballs are delicious! They sound weird, but these CrockPot meatballs are the perfect party appetizer. In honor of our wedding anniversary, I wanted to share ...

Grapes are one of the higher acid fruits, and the hot grape juice only needs to be processed 5 minutes in a boiling water bath. Prepare the juice by placing the grapes in a saucepan and adding boiling ...

Peanut butter and jelly go together as naturally as macaroni and cheese. Yet, nothing is as simple as it seems. PB&J fans are divided over which jelly flavor should be used to make this classic ...

Cleaning out my freezer is always an adventure. I find items completely forgotten about because they somehow landed in the wrong place. Like a two-pound bag of small, sweet strawberries picked last ...