Have you been tempted yet by a flat of fresh strawberries? Are you lucky enough to have homegrown strawberries coming in? When you've had your fill of eating them fresh by the handfuls, try making up ...

1. Sterilize jars, lids and metal bands 10 minutes. Prepare a water-bath canner. Crush the berries completely. Line a strainer with double layers of cheesecloth and place in a large bowl. Put the ...

Food Network star Ree Drummond's recipe for strawberry syrup from "The Pioneer Woman Cooks Dinnertime" is perfect for ice cream. Juli Leonard jleonard@newsobserver.com One of my long standing problems ...

MY FRIEND Kathryn is a pen pal of sorts. Instead of exchanging letters, we send bottles back and forth via our children’s cubbies at school. Our messages to each other are liquid — homemade, drinkable ...