Why Everyone’s Suddenly Hoarding Mason Jars

Why Everyone’s Suddenly Hoarding Mason Jars
How the must-have hipster vessel of DIY authenticity also became a foreboding signal of the economy.
Jen Doll
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12 min read·
Nov 23, 2020
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Illustration: Ariel DavisLate this summer, after the pandemic turned everyone into an amateur gardener and home cook, a frenzy erupted on Facebook. Food historian Sarah Wassberg Johnson first spotted it while perusing a private Facebook group called…
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Written by Jen Doll
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Jen Doll is a freelance journalist as well as the author of the young adult novel Unclaimed Baggage and the memoir Save the Date. www.jendoll.com
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