Typical Books about Preserving garden produce nearly always assume that modern kitchen gardeners will boil or freeze their vegetables and fruits. Yet here is a book that goes back to the future- celebrating traditional but little-known French techniques for storing and preserving fresh edibles in ways that maximize flavor and nutrition. In addition to offering methods of food storage that don't require modern conveniences, Preserving Food offers more than 250 easy and enjoyable recipes. 198 pages