Comment | August 31, 2012 | By The Editors | Photographs by Julie Glassberg
As stalls at the Greenmarkets overflow with late summer crops, here’s some inspiration to put up those peaches and tomatoes now. In our slideshow, Classie Parker, aka The Canning Queen, shares with her neighbors her food preservation fervor.
1 comment | August 21, 2012 | By The Editors | Photographs by Julie Glassberg
Classie Parker, aka The Canning Queen, turned a a small vacant lot on 121st Street into a fertile garden that now feeds her neighbors and her own food preservation fervor. When she’s not busy pruning, planting, or putting up peaches, she’s pushing a cart around town teaching anyone who asks how they can can, too.
6 comments so far | July 9, 2012 | By Jamie Feldmar | Photographs by Julie Glassberg
Harlem’s grande dame of produce preservation.