Once a staple of home food preservation, versatile and eco-friendly canning jars can be a practical storage solution in ...

Are Ball Jars the Same Thing as Mason Jars? While Ball is perhaps the best-known brand, mason jars are produced by several other companies (including Kerr and Newell) and come in an array of sizes and ...

One jar that can be used to store pickles, serve cocktails and, with some craftiness, light up a room (just not all at the same time) Maris Fessenden Former correspondent The Mason jar can even be ...

As ubiquitous as they are, mason jars can be found just about anywhere, from the grocery store to the hardware store to the wilds of the Internet. And along with their accessibility and inherent ...

Overnight, in the mid-1800s, an improvement in food preservation increased the very odds of a family’s survival. From pioneering ancestors to the military, another option suddenly became available ...