JOEL MacCHARLES and DANA HARRISON created WellPreserved.ca in 2008. The site has more than 1,800 articles and 700 recipes on preserving, local food, small farming, food security, sustainability, food politics, hunting and more. Dana has been a graphic designer for 20 years and focuses on the look and feel of the project. Joel is a lifelong home cook who writes and speaks on their shared passions. Batch is their first cookbook.
Praise for Batch:
“I always felt intimidated by preserving, but the illustrations and
instructions in Batch are easy to follow, and I love that I can
make some recipes in just ten minutes while spending more time
‘batching’ others. Most of all, I love how the recipes creatively
use every part of the fruit or vegetable.” —Jeanine Donofrio,
author of The Love & Lemons Cookbook: An Apples to Zucchini
Celebration of Impromptu Cooking
“Joel and Dana have created a roadmap for preserving, and present
it as an opportunity: raspberries become jam or vinegar or sauce
for venison, cabbage transforms into sauerkraut. Encouraging and
instructive, this book should be in every cook’s kitchen.” —Cathy
Barrow, author of Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry: Recipes and
Techniques for Year-Round Preserving
“Gorgeous photography, very hip illustrations, and I love the
styling. This book is a beauty!” —Erin Gleeson, New York Times
bestselling author of The Forest Feast
“Visually stunning! Batch makes preserving accessible, removes the
mystery on how to fill a pantry and celebrates cooking with local
ingredients and the communities who bring them to the table.”
—Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, founders of Beekman 1802
“Joel and Dana have offered up to the world an approachable,
exciting and manageable way to create a season-less kitchen by
preserving the market in a variety of different ways. This book
teaches people how to transform the foods they ‘batch' into
delicious meals layered with concentrated flavors.” —Chef Cortney
Burns and Chef Nick Balla, Bar Tartine
“In the world of preserving, Joel MacCharles and Dana Harrison are
the masters, the authority. Batch packs everything you’ll ever need
to know into one cohesive bible. Joel and Dana’s passion project
takes a deep dive into the fundamentals of preserving and offers
both simple and adventurous, and totally flavor-forward recipes.”
—Chef Curtis Stone, New York Times bestselling author and
chef/owner of Maude Restaurant
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