With the help of this book, even the most inexperienced housewives will be able to surprise their family with crispy sauerkraut and pickled cucumbers, putting fragrant jam and delicious plum or apricot marmalade on the table. If you have solid culinary experience behind you, then this book will come in handy for you. Why not please your guests with green bean caviar or spicy Bulgarian lutenitsa? And figs and marshmallows would be very handy for tea. Exotic lovers will also find interesting recipes for themselves: hogweed stems in sugar, pumpkin or carrot jam and melon honey. And for summer residents and gardeners this book is simply irreplaceable! After all, here are collected recipes for preparing vegetables and fruits that grow in our latitudes. Choose: pickles or marinades, dried or frozen berries, fruits and vegetables, juices, syrups or compotes.