An old-world plum forms many wonderful childhood memories. Grandmothers elevate something as simple as toast and jam to high status. Or at least that was the case of my maternal grandmother, Eliza ...

Laura O’Brien’s annual preparation of beach plum preserves involves a collection so secretive that she uses East End foragers who pick the wild fruit in places their grandparents revealed to them ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Jars of Bonne Maman preserves on a store shelf - Rhodabear/Shutterstock Jam is just one of those go-to condiments that never gets old. You can use it on toast, in a sandwich, to spruce up your ...