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In November of 2024, the UC Master Food Preserver Program launched a monthly newsletter that delivers recipes, how-tos, and food preservation inspiration straight to a subscriber's inbox. Subscribe to the newsletter here. 

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All About Apples: Which are Best for Your Recipe? (November 2025)

October 31, 2025
Tim Long, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Red Delicious apples at the market (Photo caption: Tim Long, used with permission).  If you’re looking for a native apple tree, you’ll to be disappointed. Apples, other than three varieties of crabapples, aren’t native to the Americas…
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Spotlight: Mary Nazara, Class of 2025 MFP Volunteer (November 2025)

October 31, 2025
Mary Nazara UC Master Food Preserver Online Program VolunteerCounty of residence: Los Angeles Mary Nazara, used with permission.  I started preserving in the summer of 2022 after a phone call from my sister. She had a tree full of ripe plums and didn’t want them to go to waste. I already had a…
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Spotlight: Henry Shaw, Class of 2024 MFP Volunteer (October 2025)

October 5, 2025
Henry Shaw UC Master Food Preserver Online Program VolunteerCounty of residence: Contra Costa Image credit: Henry Shaw, 2025. My love of food and cooking began as a small child at my mother’s side in the kitchen. Over the decades, both my culinary interests and kitchen skills have grown…
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Pear-fection: Apple-Pear-Cranberry Pie Filling (October 2025)

October 5, 2025
Kirsten Hansen, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Jar of pie filling on a marble countertop (Photo by Penny Pearson, used with permission).  October is peak apple and pear season across much of California. This tasty Apple-Pear-Cranberry pie filling makes the most of the season…
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A Delicious Barbeque Sauce from Tomato Powder (September 2025)

August 30, 2025
Monica Gross, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Image Credit: Monica Gross, 2025.  Can you imagine an activity that allows you to experience all of your five senses? Cooking and preparing food are just such activities! Allow me to walk you through an experience that involved…
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What’s the buzz? -- Infants and Honey (September 2025)

August 30, 2025
Kirsten Hansen, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Image Credit: Kirsten Hansen, 2025.  I recently gave birth to my first child, which means that I left behind the many recommendations about what pregnant people should and should not eat and have entered the world of what…
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