Return to the good life and enjoy crab apple jelly to strawberry jam, all you need to know to make sweet and savoury preserves in an irresistible package.

Preserve your harvest and create amazing jams, chutneys or preserves out of fruit and vegetables from your garden.  Follow over 150 recipes from across the world to make traditional fare, and cook up interesting variations too.

Pick up key cooking techniques from step-by-step sequences including identifying the perfect point of ripeness for different recipes, checking setting points and potting safely. Plus, discover all the practicalities: each recipe includes notes on yield, shelf life and cooking time.

Perfect if you want to know how to preserve gluts in your fruit and vegetable produce, or for aspiring jam-makers and cooks.