We Sure Can! How Jams and Pickles Are Reviving the Lure and Lore of Local Food explores the convergence of trends that has caused the huge resurgence of interest in home canning, from the local food movement to recessionary money worries to the Do-It-Yourself boom.
It also includes 100 recipes for jams, jellies, pickles, chutneys, relishes, conserves and preserves, of which about half were contributed by talented folks from across Canada, the US and England. Some of them have their own food blogs; here's a list of those who do:
- Audra Wolfe of Doris and Jilly Cook
- David Ort of Food With Legs
- Denise Gurney of Sustainable Self
- Donna Julseth and Maggie Julseth Howe of Prairieland Herbs
- Erin Scott of Yummy Supper
- Gloria Nicol of The Laundry
- Heather Kilner of Backyard Farms
- Manny Machado of Cafe del Manolo
- Joel MacCharles and Dana Harrison of Well Preserved
- Julia Sforza of What Julia Ate
- Julianna Carvi of Egg Day - The Brunch Project
- Lorraine Johnson of Edible City
- Paige Bayer of Canning with Kids
- Pam and Liako of Red Rocket Coffee, Red Rocket Diaries
- Renée Joslyn of Flamingo Musings
- Shae Irving of Hitchhiking to Heaven
- Tigress of Tigress in a Jam and Tigress in a Pickle


