Stephanie Thurow is a Certified Master Food Preserver from Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a passion for food preservation. She loves creating easy-to-follow recipes to help others gain the confidence to preserve on their own. Stephanie is the author of Can It & Ferment It, WECK Small-Batch Preserving, and WECK Home Preserving and is the creator of canning and fermenting blog Minnesota from Scratch. She teaches food preservation classes around the Twin Cities, and resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on her urban homestead with her family, chickens, and plethora of pets.