We Sure Can!: How Jams and Pickles Are Reviving the Lure and Lore of Local Food

We Sure Can! celebrates the ongoing 'Canvolution',  in which urban 'preservationists', local-food aficionados, rural picklers and jammers, and food bloggers are rediscovering the lost art of home canning their own jams, pickles, and other preserves. And we're not talking your standard strawberry jam here; passionate canners are preserving all manner of fruits and vegetables, and combining them with unexpectedly exotic spices and ingredients.

This book features over 100 recipes from an international assembly of inventive canners (including the author herself), as well as profiles of those who do it best. Some of the more tantalizing recipes include Lemongrass, Ginger & Kaffir Lime Jelly; Blackberry Lime Jam; Dandelion Jelly; Pickled Ramps; Lavender Peach Preserves; and Pickled Watermelon Rinds.

The book also features practical and important information for those wanting to start canning produce at home.

Readers will want to start their own jam sessions as soon as the year's bumper crop of fruits and vegetables become available. Can everybody join the movement? We Sure can!