For the past five years, I've spent my late-summer birthday making plum jam. Parties are fun. Cake is good. But all I want is the quiet pleasure of standing over the stove, stirring and staring as the ...

Homegrown produce doesn't always ripen at the same time so here's a way to make plum jam from semi-ripe fruit which is not ...

Spreading jam on scones is all well and good, but baking the jam directly into the scones is even better. Here’s why: Some of the jam stays soft and fruity, just as when you spooned it from the jar.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What could be more satisfying on a late summer’s day than fridge-cold fruit? Grapes rolling in your mouth like ...

For the past five years, I’ve spent my late-summer birthday making plum jam. Parties are fun. Cake is good. But all I want is the quiet pleasure of standing over the stove, stirring and staring as the ...