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Making strawberry jam with pectin helps preserve the bright color. Photo credit: National Center for Home Food Preservation
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Pectin is not gelatin

October 13, 2021
If you only have time to read this much: pectin is vegan-friendly. I was having lunch at an outdoor venue with a lovely vegetarian friend. When we got around to all things canning, I told her how excited I was to try a sugar-free jam recipe using a particular pectin. "I cannot eat jams with pectin.
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Cabernet sauvignon grapes
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Increasing temperatures led to better-tasting wine grapes, but for how long?

October 4, 2021
Study shows sugar, color content should be watched Warming temperatures over the past 60 years have led to increased wine quality, but a new study looking at sugar and color content in grapes indicates the industry may be facing trouble if trends continue, according to collaborative research out of...
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