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Discovering Damsons, Damson Jelly and Cheese

Published on September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 by Vivien

I must confess to having a love affair with damsons. With their blue-black skin and astringent/sweet flavour they are a firm favourite. Of all the stone fruits available to the preserver, the damson is the maestro.

First Preserves: Jams – enhanced ebook

Published on July 1, 2020February 19, 2025 by Viv

First Preserves: Jams on iBooks®, offers tried-and-tested recipes for both the novice and the experienced preserver,

First Preserves: Marmalades – enhanced ebook

Published on November 3, 2019February 19, 2025 by Viv

  Vivien Lloyd, one of the country’s leading authority on preserves,

Marmalade Awards Gold

Published on March 25, 2018April 1, 2023 by Viv

In 2012, shortly after the publication of First Preserves, I started to share my knowledge of marmalade,

Marmalade Recipe Development

Published on January 27, 2018November 22, 2019 by Viv

Recipes for citrus marmalades have been recorded since the early seventeenth century, but the marmalade recipe we enjoy today

Damson Day

Published on September 28, 2017February 21, 2021 by Viv

Since my earliest days of preserving, I’ve been excited by the sight of the Damson crop in September, a feeling similar to

Chutney to charm with 
First Preserves: Chutneys

Published on September 21, 2017February 19, 2025 by Viv

Just as spring surely follows winter,chutneys invariably come after summer.

When is a marmalade not a marmalade?

Published on April 16, 2017September 12, 2022 by Viv

In 2017 the Women’s Institute came under fire once again in the media, this time for their marmalade,

Sourdough, Jam and Chutney with Emmanuel Hadjiandreou

Published on August 31, 2016April 8, 2021 by Viv

Bread and jam, toast and marmalade, from sourdough to soda bread, sweet preserves are synonymous with bread. As with preserving, making bread is a passion of mine and in recent years

The WI at Glastonbury : 100 bakes

Published on June 29, 2015April 8, 2021 by Viv

Glastonbury Festival celebrated its 45th birthday this year, and the Women’s Institute ( WI) celebrates its centenary.

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