Amazon.com description: Product Description: Discover the joys of the age-old craft of preserving the flavors of summer and autumn for year-round enjoyment. Using step-by-step sequences to demonstrate each process, award-winning author Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz shows you how to transform fruits and vegetables into pickles, conserves, jams, jellies, curds, marmalades, syrups, flavored vinegars, chutneys, and more! All of the techniques essential for creating the mouthwatering feast of recipes are explained step-by-step and illustrated with color photos. Ortiz also stresses the value of careful preparation as part of ensuring delicious results every time. Whether it is a luxury preserve such as Seville marmalade with almonds or a special liqueur flavored with fruits picked from your own garden, CLEARLY DELICIOUS will inspire you to create edible gifts for all occasions.