This is a liminal time where North Oakland plums have, more or less, come and gone, and apples, pears, figs, and other late summer fruit has yet to ripen. If, […]

Sometimes I receive emails from enthusiastic readers who have questions that I cannot answer, i.e. questions that require the technical knowledge of a seasoned pruner, a jam maker with years […]

Almaty is the capital city of the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan, where there is a rich history of fruit preserving. My neighbors, Zhanara (who hails from Kazakhstan) and Aaron […]

Maybe you’ve heard of the StoryCorps project- perhaps you’ve spent lazy Sundays listening to vignettes featured on This American Life. If you’re not familiar with StoryCorps, though, here’s the description, […]