Cooking & eating locally in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley. Blogging about it at http://localkitchenblog.com. Find me on Twitter @local_kitchen or email at localkitchen AT yahoo DOT com.

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Basic Red Salsa

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A basic tomato salsa recipe, easily adaptable to your preferred level of spice. Every preserver should have a good, basic salsa on the shelf!

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Marinated Dried Eggplant

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Are you drowning in eggplant this season too? Then you might want to check out this spicy, umami eggplant jerky. Or bacon. Or another-2-pounds-out-of-the-fridge snack.

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Drying and dehydrating

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Fire Roasted Tomatoes

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Canned tomatoes, the must-have staple for winter meals, made even better with a kiss of fire before canning.

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Plum, Nectarine & Chile Jam

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Spicy, sweet, tart & beautiful.

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Garden Antipasto

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Canned garden antipasto, or, What To Do With All Those Eggplants & Peppers.

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Pickling

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Nectarine Preserves with Watermelon & Mint

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Tart nectarines, sweet watermelon, spicy mint. Summer!

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Blueberry-Basil Vinegar

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The easiest preserving you'll do all summer. Plus a link to the infamous Blue Leather: fruit roll ups made with leftover vinegar-soaked blueberries & basil.

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