Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Put prepped cherries in small sauce pot. Add 2 ounces of brandy and cook on medium-high for 5 to 8 minutes (pan will flame up). In a bowl combine nectarines, sugar, ...

Rather than use commercial pectin, such as Sure-jel or Certo for making thick preserves and jams, I like to use the old-fashioned methods that use far less sugar. A commercial pectin recipe for this ...

And so now I’m reading that jam-making has become a favored pastime of the culinary adventurers. That’s great -- there are few things that make breakfast sweeter than spooning homemade preserves onto ...

Tonight I ate Nectarine Puffs before dinner. Shame on me! I have chicken pot pies in the oven (I have them from a freezer cooking day), so while they’re cooking, I decided to go ahead and make these ...

Perfectly grown, utterly ripe peaches and nectarines are things we dream about, but most of us cook in the real world. Still, that doesn’t mean good fruit is out of reach. If you know how to shop well ...