Preserve those summer (or, really, any season) fruits and vegetables with confidence by consulting these guides to canning, pickling, fermenting, and preserving just about anything.

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Canned tomatoes being lifted from a pot
Canning Tomatoes Is Easier Than You Think—Just Don’t Skip This Crucial Food Safety Step
Strawberry Freezer Jam
How to Make Perfect Strawberry Preserves: Our Tests on the Science of Making Jam
Side view of two eggs
Should You Pasteurize Eggs at Home? A Serious Eats Investigation.
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The Best Jams and Preserves in the USA
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What's the Difference Between Jam, Jelly, Compote, and Conserve?
An assortment of vinegars.
The Serious Eats Guide to Vinegar
A jar of processed tomatoes being removed from a water bath with a pair of jar tongs.
How to Can Tomatoes
Chopsticks holding natto over a square plate of natto, fermented soybeans that are a common breakfast in Japan..
Obsessed: Getting Funky With Natto
Spice Hunting: Drying Chiles at Home
Cream cheese topped with pepper jelly, served on a plate with crackers
The Southern Condiment We Put on Almost Everything
Side view of two jars of Turkish Pickles
Karışık Sebze Turşusu (Turkish Mixed Vegetable Pickles)
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Stock Your Pantry With These 15 Shelf-Stable Canning Recipes
Two quart jars of canned tomatoes placed on a paper towel, gleam in the sunlight.
Canned Whole Tomatoes (Using a Pressure Canner or Boiling-Water Bath)
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DIY Apricot Liqueur Recipe
DIY Pastis Recipe
Lemons layered with salt for preserving in clamp-lid glass jar
Preserved Lemons
Side angle view of natto being picked up with chopsticks
Natto (Japanese Fermented Soybeans)
The levain used for sourdough bread rises in a glass jar, about triple its starting volume.
How to Ferment Sourdough Properly
Side view of a glass of tepache next to a large batch in a gallon containter
Tepache (Mexican Fermented Pineapple Drink)
Three bottles of homemade kombucha
How to Make Kombucha
Overhead view of bubbles in three kombucha bottles
Strawberry, Rhubarb, and Parsley Kombucha
Overhead view of finished soup with chopsticks
Natto-Jiru (Natto Soup With Miso, Tofu, and Vegetables)
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Homemade Sauerkraut
Blackberry Kombucha
This DIY Kombucha Is Refreshingly Fizzy—and Better Than Store-Bought
Overhead view of fermented Mustard Greens
Kasam Sabi (Bornean Fermented Mustard Greens)
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Homemade Vegan Kimchi Recipe
A large glass jar full of lacto-fermented dill pickles.
Lacto-Fermented Dill Pickles
Fermented Tomato Ketchup
Tomato Ketchup from 'Mastering Fermentation'
A jar of fermented radish slices.
Fermented Radish Slices
A bowl of Korean quick-fermented yeolmu kimchi.
Yeolmu Kimchi (Quick-Fermented Young Radish Greens) Recipe
Blueberry Water Kefir, Coconut Water Kefir, Hibiscus-Ginger Water Kefir
Water Kefir from 'Mastering Fermentation'
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Hoppy Red Ale (For Beginning Homebrewers) Recipe
Profile view of a quart-size canning jar filled with sauerkraut.
Small Batch Sauerkraut
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Fermented Hot Sauce With Fresno Chiles, Garlic, and Tamari Recipe
Glass jar of jam with whole strawberries on a plate and checkered tablecloth
Capture Peak-Summer Fruit With These Brilliant Jam Recipes
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Concord Grape Jam
Glass jar of jam with whole strawberries on a plate and checkered tablecloth
This Sweet, Tangy Jam Tastes Like Summer in a Jar
tomato jam in mason jars
Tomato Jam
Closeup of a jar of rustic apricot jam with a spoon resting in one side of the jar. The jam sits on a small plate alongside two pieces of toast piled high with the chunky jam.
Rustic Apricot Jam
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich next to a jar of grape jam.
Easy Grape Jam
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Red Onion Jam Recipe
Closeup of a hot dog topped liberally with hot pepper relish.
Hot Pepper Relish
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Jalapeño Jam Recipe
Two slices of bread topped with tomato and onion jam on a ridged cream colored ceramic plate. In the left corner of the image is a glass jar filled with more jam, and in the top left corner is a portion of another plate with more toast on it.
Fresh Tomato and Caramelized Onion Jam Recipe
Several jars of honey tangerine marmalade. One has been opened and a piece of toast topped with the marmalade is nearby.
Honey-Tangerine Marmalade Recipe
Profile view of two sealed half-pint jars of bourbon peach jam.
Bourbon Peach Jam Recipe
Profile view of several half-pint jars of mint jelly, flanked by bunches of fresh mint.
Classic Mint Jelly
Profile view of three half-pint canning jars filled with lavender blueberry jam.
Blueberry Lavender Jam Recipe
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Homemade Plum Jam
Thai Sweet Chili Jelly Recipe
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Meyer Lemon Marmalade Recipe
Overhead view of a canning jar of bacon-bourbon jam, served on a plae with two slices of baugette.
Bacon-Bourbon Jam
Profile view of several half-pint jars filled with grapefruit marmalade.
Grapefruit Marmalade Recipe
A spoon dipping into a jar of strawberry jam.
Bright and Fruity Strawberry Jam, Your Way
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Rich Red Plum Jam Recipe
A row of three lidded glass jars of cranberry orange jam displayed on wooden surface
Cranberry Orange Jam with Crystallized Ginger
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Preserved: Perfect Strawberry Jam
Overhead closeup of Oatmeal with Cranberry Orange Hazelnut Compote, served in a shallow white bowl.
Oatmeal with Cranberry Orange Hazelnut Compote Recipe