I'm the first to admit that I've been more than a little obsessing over the idea of canning for the last couple of years - ever since we started our small garden last year with my folks. I honestly don't have the time - or the energy - for canning, but it doesn't stop me from dreaming about doing it - talking about it - or reading endless volumes on it.

I picked this book up from the library - well, technically downloaded from the digital library - and though I did read it cover to cover, I honestly wasn't impressed. I guess there's only so much you can write about canning, but I didn't learn anything & didn't see any new-to-me recipes and I wasn't wowed by the text or the photos.

I give it 3 stars because there's nothing wrong with the book, either, and it's a nice little reference book for how long to blanch a vegetable, for example, but I have to give it 3 stars because you can just as easily google the information.