For the past five years, I've spent my late-summer birthday making plum jam. Parties are fun. Cake is good. But all I want is the quiet pleasure of standing over the stove, stirring and staring as the ...

There are plenty of clever ways to enjoy summer's bounty of fruit in the winter months. Here's an easy way to make your plums ...

This is a straightforward plum jam that can be flavored as you like. I add winter spices such as star anise and a cinnamon stick, thinking ahead to lean days with no summer fruit in the trees. Purple ...

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There’s something truly special about making your plum jam at home. This plum jam recipe with pectin brings out the bright, tangy sweetness of ripe plums and simplifies the canning process, making it ...

QUINCY — The beach plums started forming early last spring on the flowering white bushes at Nut Island State Park in Houghs Neck, hopeful signs of a good crop to come in September. And now, as fall ...

A 5-year-old boy darts through the sand around his home near the Indian River Inlet. He looks over his shoulder at the woman following him with a small woven basket and beckons her to follow. Just ...

For the past five years, I’ve spent my late-summer birthday making plum jam. Parties are fun. Cake is good. But all I want is the quiet pleasure of standing over the stove, stirring and staring as the ...

For the past five years, I ve spent my late-summer birthday making plum jam. Parties are fun. Cake is good. But all I want is the quiet pleasure of standing over the stove, stirring and staring as the ...