"pies in jars" news and stories

• Looking for a new way to bond with your neighbors? How about hiring a caterer to cook up a weekly neighborhood dinner for you and the folks on your block!
• The chef who cooks those weekly dinners draws inspiration from her Southern roots, cooking up Southern "Dolmas" With Brown Rice, Dates and Pecans, Savory Blueberry Sauce, Corn on the Cob With Ivy's Zippy Mustard-Lime Glaze, Southern-Style Peach Cobbler and Coconut Whipped Cream. When she needs a little extra inspiration, she turns to an arsenal of cookbooks.
• The test kitchen defines diet names.
• The FoodDay staff take inspiration from Not Martha and Lloyd and Lauren and whip up those cute pies in jars.
• In the summer, sometimes a light sandwich is all you need for dinner. These Savory Summer Vegetable Sandwiches could easily fit that bill.
• The Market Basket is green today, filled with cork cutting boards, recycled food storage containers and Magic Sheet organic cleansers.
• Pair halibut with flowers for a delicious dinner of Herb- and Flower-Crusted Halibut.
  

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I continue to be so enamored of this idea of pies in jars that when I spotted this picture in the Slashfood Flickr pool, I had to feature it. They look so delicious and adorable that I can't help but want to carve time out of my cooking schedule to make these soon (there were so many fresh strawberries at the market yesterday that I would be wonderful in pies).

Thanks Melissa, for sharing this great picture with us!

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For years now, I've been conducting a serious love affair with jars. I'm a particular fan of the wide mouth 20 ounce jar that has become all but impossible to find these days (why is it that companies always discontinue the one item that is my particular favorite?). My collection of jars varies widely in size, shape and age and I used them for everything (this morning I ate yogurt and homemade strawberry/rhubarb compote out of a wide mouth pint jar).

However, until I spotted this post on Not Martha a couple of days ago, it had never occurred to me to use the small-size jars as baking vessels. But now I am in love (and totally obsessed with doing this for myself). I recently bought a dozen of these small, squat jars, so I have plenty on hand to give this a go. For full instructions on how she did this, check out her To Make page.

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