First Preserves - Marmalades

First Preserves: Marmalades is the first multi-touch e-book by Vivien Lloyd, a professional preserver and competition judge. It celebrates the traditional skills of making marmalade and explains the basic skills needed to make this premier preserve, traditionally served with toast for breakfast.

Trend setting blogger Karen Burns-Booth of lavenderandlovage.com says:-


 "Vivien’s passion for safe-guarding  age-old ways of preserving fruit as well as trying to save and promote traditional recipes is evident throughout the book and for me, this gives her books a wonderful warm and friendly feel as well as imparting something very precious, something that we all ought to try to preserve (excuse the pun), making sure that age-old traditional recipes are not passed over in favour of more modern interpretations.


I fully endorse these books; as an experienced preserver,  it supported my existing knowledge of preserving whilst also providing me with hitherto unknown facts and provided exciting new recipes for me to try. For the novice, these books provides a wealth of information, as well as handy step-by-step instructions and photos, and all explained in simple layman’s terms, plus, there are some wonderful recipes that are aimed at all levels of preservers."


There are detailed explanations of each stage of the preserving process, from the preparation to how to fill and seal the jars, illustrated with galleries of colour photographs and embedded videos. It has tried-and-tested recipes for both the novice and the experienced preserver.

A Define, Highlight, Note and Search facility allows the reader to obtain definitions, explore further information online and set up a personal notebook. All the equipment needed for marmalade is described, with direct links to suppliers’ websites, in US, UK and Australia.

A chapter on competitions provides anyone planning to enter a preserves competition with that crucial edge, as Vivien offers advice on preparing for the competition, divulges the key elements that judges are looking for and reveals the common faults in unsuccessful entries.

Throughout the book Vivien informs and inspires the reader to get into the kitchen to make marmalade, and perhaps even to experience the excitement of entering a competition.