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Can It & Ferment It: More Than 75 Satisfying Small-Batch Canning and Fermentation Recipes for the Whole Year Hardcover – July 18, 2017

by Stephanie Thurow (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,180 ratings
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Recipes in this helpful, full color book include strawberry chutney, the perfect garlic dill pickle, spring onion kimchi, cinnamon-honey apple butter, and more!

Welcome to the world of produce preservation. In Can It & Ferment It, blogger and Certified Master Food Preserver Stephanie Thurow brings the canning and fermenting communities together by offering recipes that work for both canning and fermenting. From a first-timer to the advanced preservationist, Can It & Ferment It shows canners and fermenters alike how they can have the best of both worlds. Recipes include:
  • Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
  • Sugar Snap Pea Pickles
  • Dandelion Jelly
  • Pickled Fennel
  • Fiddlehead Fern Pickles
  • Spicy Spring Onion Relish
  • Napa Cabbage Kimchi
  • And much much more

Stephanie explains the differences between the canning and fermentation processes, emphasizes the importance of using local and organic produce, describes canning and fermenting terminology and the supplies needed for both methods, and offers more than seventy-five fun and easy recipes for every season. Readers will learn how to preserve each fruit or vegetable in two different ways; each can be enjoyed water bath–canned or as a healthy, probiotic-rich ferment.
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  6. ISBN-10
    1510717420
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“Whether you’re interested in trying fermented foods for gut health or want to have a plan when those tomatoes you planted all ripen at the same time, Can It and Ferment It is an oh-so-practical resource. Easy to read and follow—even if you’ve never canned before—its focus on small-batch production invites you test new recipes without the time and storage commitments that large batches require. Beyond its yummy jams and sauces, you’ll be amazed to learn how to pickle practically anything (and if you love garlic, you won’t be disappointed), so your fridge is always stocked with crunchy, flavorful goodies with bragging rights in every bite.” —Janet Mowat, Editorial Director, Harris Farmer's Almanac

“I can already see that this book is going to become the most used preserving book that we own! Having one resource for a variety of delicious looking canning and fermenting recipes will make preserving that much more accessible to everyone. Reading Stephanie's book is like having your own personal canning & fermenting expert right there with you." —Emily S. Kociolek, owner of Stone Creek Trading

“Stephanie Thurow’s Can It & Ferment It taps into two surprisingly parallel processes of preserving—canning and fermenting. Reading this book as a curious and captivated outsider to the canning and fermenting worlds, Thurow presents a charming selection of recipes for all seasons. Starting with an ambition for local, fresh, and organic produce, these lovely recipes are approachable and interesting, attainable and original—the perfect addition to any meal.” —Make It Minnesota magazine

“Can It & Ferment It combines canning and fermenting options into one comprehensive book to answer the age-old question “what to do with all that produce?” With great tips on how to get kids involved through age-appropriate tasks perfect for teaching little ones about food (and patience!), this book can fill many great summer afternoons with the kids in the kitchen and fresh produce on the counter.” —MightyNest

“Written from her kitchen to yours, Can It & Ferment It is Stephanie’s visual and tutorial feast for the senses. These are easy to follow recipes that make the best of fresh local ingredients, making the canning and fermenting trend approachable for the eager home cook!” —Jill Holter, Lakewinds Food Co-op community and media specialist

“Can It & Ferment It is a wonderfully put-together book. Quick, easy-to-understand instructions along with beautiful pictures to illustrate the processes make it a welcome addition to any culinary library. Food preservation and storage are big topics these days and this is a great way to learn how. Appropriate for the novice as well as the expert—also a good gift idea!” —NW Ferments

“Can It & Ferment It is an essential guide featuring innovative recipes for beginners and experienced canners alike. I love the simple, small-batch approach inspired by farmers’ market finds that can be easily assembled without spending all day in the kitchen. Stephanie’s easy-to-follow instructions and seasonal grouping of recipes will keep you on track to preserve the freshest produce year-round.” —Laurie Crowell, founder and creator of Golden Fig Fine Foods

“I can already see that this book is going to become the most used preserving book that we own! Having one resource for a variety of delicious looking canning and fermenting recipes will make preserving that much more accessible to everyone. Reading Stephanie's book is like having your own personal canning & fermenting expert right there with you." —Emily S. Kociolek, owner of Stone Creek Trading

“Stephanie Thurow’s Can It & Ferment It taps into two surprisingly parallel processes of preserving—canning and fermenting. Reading this book as a curious and captivated outsider to the canning and fermenting worlds, Thurow presents a charming selection of recipes for all seasons. Starting with an ambition for local, fresh, and organic produce, these lovely recipes are approachable and interesting, attainable and original—the perfect addition to any meal.” —Make It Minnesota magazine

“Can It & Ferment It combines canning and fermenting options into one comprehensive book to answer the age-old question “what to do with all that produce?” With great tips on how to get kids involved through age-appropriate tasks perfect for teaching little ones about food (and patience!), this book can fill many great summer afternoons with the kids in the kitchen and fresh produce on the counter.” —MightyNest

“Written from her kitchen to yours, Can It & Ferment It is Stephanie’s visual and tutorial feast for the senses. These are easy to follow recipes that make the best of fresh local ingredients, making the canning and fermenting trend approachable for the eager home cook!” —Jill Holter, Lakewinds Food Co-op community and media specialist

About the Author

Stephanie Thurow is a Certified Master Food Preserver from Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a passion for food preservation. She loves creating easy-to-follow recipes to help others gain the confidence to preserve on their own. Stephanie is the author of Can It & Ferment It, WECK Small-Batch Preserving, and WECK Home Preserving and is the creator of canning and fermenting blog Minnesota from Scratch. She teaches food preservation classes around the Twin Cities, and resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on her urban homestead with her family, chickens, and plethora of pets.  

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyhorse (July 18, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1510717420
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1510717428
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,180 ratings

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Stephanie Thurow is a Certified Master Food Preserver, food preservation instructor, Master Gardener Volunteer, freelance writer and the author of three best-selling cookbooks, Can It & Ferment It (2017) - 2nd Edition (released 2020), WECK Small Batch Preserving (2018), and WECK Home Preserving (2020). Stephanie's newest book that she co-authored, Small-Scale Homesteading, released 3/14/2023.

Stephanie first learned the kitchen craft of water bath canning in the mid-2000's. What initially started as a mission to make the perfect garlic dill pickle quickly morphed into a way of life. She finds great pride in canning and fermenting fresh, organic produce for year-round enjoyment. She and her family also tap their maple trees, raise laying hens, grow hundreds of pounds of fresh produce each year, plus more, and do it all from their urban homestead.

Thurow finds great joy in teaching others. Her non-intimidating approach to cooking and preserving from scratch puts a novice at ease and her delicious recipes are ones that even a seasoned preservationist can appreciate and enjoy.

In addition to writing, she also owns a hand-stamped jewelry business. Stephanie was born and raised in Minnesota and resides in Minneapolis, MN.

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D Aguirre
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a great how-to and recipes book
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024
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Love the recipes and details in this book! So many are unique and new-to-me recipes, recipes that I've never heard of in my region. Love the details and how well it is written. Highly recommend.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for beginners!
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2017
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I ordered this book as soon as the pre-order became available. I'm going to be buying this for any future friends that want to learn the canning and fermenting arts because I'm often asked where to start...here's a great start! I've been following Minnesota From Scratch for a while. Stephanie Thurow comes off just as friendly and knowledgeable through social media as her words do in her cookbook. I absolutely love the way it's written. It's like she's speaking to you as a friend, like she's teaching you in the comfort of her kitchen, just like her aunt taught her! It's an easy read for sure. Her book is very well laid out. Every picture is so beautiful and was taken by the author herself of her own homemade, small batch goods. There are space for notes included with each recipe, as well as designated space for notes in other areas of the book. It was thoughtful to include this because, as is with cooking, you will find that sometimes recipes need to be tweaked to your liking. Whether that be the seasoning, the variety of produce you use, or the best place in town to find that produce, notes are always smart to keep so that you can duplicate that yummy recipe later, just the way you made it! She also brings up an important point...involve the kids! It's never too early to teach them such valuable skills. They can help in the smallest of ways and they will still feel included, and they will still learn by watching, not to mention the bonding time! The recipes are written in simple, easy to understand details. The fact that the recipes are small batch makes this book very unique! Most recipes that you will find are tailored to large batches! I've been canning for 3 years and fermenting for 2. To me, this book is invaluable. I haven't found one to include both canning and fermenting recipes that is so well written, AND beautiful!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for beginners!
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2017
I ordered this book as soon as the pre-order became available. I'm going to be buying this for any future friends that want to learn the canning and fermenting arts because I'm often asked where to start...here's a great start! I've been following Minnesota From Scratch for a while. Stephanie Thurow comes off just as friendly and knowledgeable through social media as her words do in her cookbook. I absolutely love the way it's written. It's like she's speaking to you as a friend, like she's teaching you in the comfort of her kitchen, just like her aunt taught her! It's an easy read for sure. Her book is very well laid out. Every picture is so beautiful and was taken by the author herself of her own homemade, small batch goods. There are space for notes included with each recipe, as well as designated space for notes in other areas of the book. It was thoughtful to include this because, as is with cooking, you will find that sometimes recipes need to be tweaked to your liking. Whether that be the seasoning, the variety of produce you use, or the best place in town to find that produce, notes are always smart to keep so that you can duplicate that yummy recipe later, just the way you made it! She also brings up an important point...involve the kids! It's never too early to teach them such valuable skills. They can help in the smallest of ways and they will still feel included, and they will still learn by watching, not to mention the bonding time! The recipes are written in simple, easy to understand details. The fact that the recipes are small batch makes this book very unique! Most recipes that you will find are tailored to large batches! I've been canning for 3 years and fermenting for 2. To me, this book is invaluable. I haven't found one to include both canning and fermenting recipes that is so well written, AND beautiful!
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Nicole Norris
5.0 out of 5 stars Must have!
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2024
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This book is full color and easy to understand recipes and instructions. A must have for your cookbook library.
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Teri Maddalena
4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to follow instructions
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024
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I like all the exciting different recipes that are in this book. The only thing I dislike about it is they're not specific about how many jars it'll fill. On my first ferment I just guessed I'm excited to try it. Recipes do tell you how long to ferment
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4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to follow instructions
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024
I like all the exciting different recipes that are in this book. The only thing I dislike about it is they're not specific about how many jars it'll fill. On my first ferment I just guessed I'm excited to try it. Recipes do tell you how long to ferment
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T.L. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2023
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Just right for a beginner like me. Well- written, informative, well-constructed book. With this knowledge one can get creative and experiment. Recipes are good and easy to follow. Glad I found this and bought it.
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SM
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginning fermenting
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2019
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This is a great book- especially for beginners. I bought it primarily for the fermenting recipes, but I think the canning section will be quite useful too. It is user-friendly and has instructions for beginners regarding equipment and techniques.

A lot of other fermenting recipes you’ll find will call for salt measurements by a percentage of weight, which I think is a pain to stop, get out a scale, and calculate, especially if you’re a busy mom like me. Or alternatively they may provide no hard recommendations at all- which tends to make people knew to this nervous. This book provides concrete salt recommendations by volume (teaspoons), which just removes a stumbling block.

Even more importantly, the recipes are for small quantities so you can try things without making huge batches. Lastly, I really enjoy that it is organized by season. So if you have extra produce from the garden or CSA you can browse through the season and see what you can do. Thumbs up!
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Catherine
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to get started with canning
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2023
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I was gifted this book and then bought one for my friend that was just starting to get into canning food from her garden. It makes it easy to follow with instructions and directions and pictures! It also give great ideas for recipes when you can't think of how you would want to preserve certain foods. Would recommend to anyone who cans or just is getting into canning!
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Phillip Damron
5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and Fantastic Introduction to Preserving
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2017
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I absolutely love this book. Recipes are written in a clear and concise manner that are easily understood and are all in small batch form making it insanely easy to increase the volume for larger batches. I first found out about the book on social media as I followed her on Instagram having lived in Minnesota where she is from and loving everything about the food world. I had pickling and fermenting on my mind ever since I found out about Rene Redzepi and his restaurant Noma. I've always found the practices, methods, and flavors vastly interesting. I highly recommend picking up this book if you are trying to get a foot in the door as it gives you the basics for what you need to know about preserving and the inspiration to push past the basics once you have them down. I've also found that the author is very helpful and forthcoming with information and answers questions you may have on social media which is absolutely amazing. One of the best purchases for the kitchen I have made in a while!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Food for your tastebuds
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2021
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These recipes are so incredibly different. The instructions are very well thought out and written. I want to make every one of them, and then sample them.
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Sharon
5.0 out of 5 stars Well-chosen variety
Reviewed in Australia on April 29, 2023
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What a special book! It's lovely to find such a variety of recipes. Being small batch recipes, it is easy to find a little sliver of time to fit into a busy schedule. This is a unique little niche (pun intended). I hope you are working on the next book. I'll be preserving and waiting in the meantime.
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Canadian Gal
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of great wisdom
Reviewed in Canada on August 12, 2023
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This book is just what I wanted, Was looking for lots of fermenting recipes for my garden harvest, it also had lots of other info that is helpful. I recommend.
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A. Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2018
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Bought for my husband as a gift. He's gotten lots of information from it and has just started fermenting.
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Shane Woodall
5.0 out of 5 stars Now iam cooking
Reviewed in Australia on August 7, 2019
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Being a baby boomer me never learned how to canning, and coming from Australia 🇦🇺 not everyone caned only rural folks out on stations where they had to grow fruit and veg year round as they would only go into town once a month or every couple months. Buy all dry goods in bulk now my turn because of extra veggies I have once harvest starts tomatoes 🍅 hot chilli 🌶 cucumber corn 🌽. Nothing tastes better than home grown vegetables.
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