Book excerpt: In this comprehensive guide, expert author Sherri Brooks Vinton answers the most commonly asked questions about every aspect of food preservation, from refrigeration and freezing to canning, drying, and fermenting all kinds of fruits and vegetables. She also offers tips and techniques for setting up the kitchen, choosing the preserving process that best suits readers’ needs, making equipment and ingredient substitutions, and much more. Whether readers are new to preserving or just looking to refresh their memory at the start of the season, whether they want to know the difference between jam and jelly or which varieties of tomatoes are best for canning, they’ll find the information and confidence they need with this kitchen companion in hand.