Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation

I think that many people looking to buy a book like this will be aware that our planet is changing. From peak oil to climate change ~ and everything inbetween ~ some of us are thinking that life is likely to be very different at some point in the future, and best we prepare for how to adjust now!This book will not disappoint such folk as it contains a host of energy efficient (indeed, many require NO energy!) concepts & recipes, and it is all soooo simple to follow. Ingredients are, for the most, readily available in your average pantry/local store and even measurements are not that necessary for many of the ideas.I also love the way that the contributors personalities shine through each recipe, and the little snippets of history that can be gleaned from them.All told, this is a wonderful, useful book which I've already given away to friends living off-grid in Eastern Europe to help them store this years crops (they loved it, so I couldn't leave them without it!), so I'm off to purchase another !

veryusa based messuring which is funny as its from a collection of frence articles lol so bare that in mind

On the whole I found "preserving..." to meet most of my expectations. It features most of the techniques I was looking for but because they simply copied and translated the original 'recipes' sent in by readers of a French publication on ecological gardening it is occasionaly somewhat brief in its explanations.Overall an interesting read though.

A very useful book. I live without mains electricity, so anyway to preserve food using other methods is useful to me. This book is full of good ideas.

.it arrived on time and in good condition. its a great idea and a great product. good quality and value for money.and I recommend this product.