Quince and Apple News and Updates

Hello 2010! Since our last blog post, we’ve moved into a new kitchen and had our first holiday season, which went great. In the midst of the craziness, we ran into James Norton and Becca Dilley, authors of The Master … Read more »

So, for the last month, we’ve been putting together a bunch of really nice holiday gift boxes. I can’t wait to show them off! So I won’t! Our friends at Yonda Photography did a marathon photo session of nine different … Read more »

This nifty lady, who makes some really beautiful pottery, mentioned us on her Slow Food in a Modern Kitchen blog. She also gives some excellent pairing suggestions. Thanks, lillyella!… Read more »

Obviously it’s meant to be, look at their names! Our friends at Foodzie are stuffing our cute mini-jars (sets of three coming out very soon!) into schwag-bags and sampling our new Pear with Honey and Ginger preserves at this weekend’s … Read more »

We’ve just released our first seasonal flavor this last week, Apricot Almond. It has been an adventure! Every time we create a new preserve, there’s so much that goes into it. We’ve got to get a photo, description, pairings, recipes, … Read more »

We’ve been invited to participate in a fun event, the Ferment Happy Hour at the Orpheum here in Madison. Wednesday night from 5:30-7:30 we’ll be sampling our new Pear with Honey and Ginger (sneak preview!) and this summer’s Organic Red … Read more »

We here at Quince and Apple are part of an online food boutique called Foodzie, kind of like Etsy but for food! They feature small, artisan producers from all over the country who are building sustainable, high-quality food businesses. Foodzie … Read more »

Calling our Figs and Black Tea preserves “ambrosial”, 77 Square, Madison’s weekly Arts and Entertainment rag, features us in this week’s “Recent Obsessions” column!

Here’s what they say:

“Grilled cheese sandwich as haute cuisine? A heavenly combination — and recent … Read more »

All three preserves we make here at Q&A.

An end of summer special and our first ever sale! Pick out your favorite 4 jars at the store and we’ll send you one of ’em for free!… Read more »

Wow! We’re having an exciting day! We just found out about this post on Chow, a national food blog, featuring our Orange Marmalade with Lemons. They say:

“10 Mail-Order Treats: Stuff we want to eat right now.If you want to … Read more »

Quince and Apple is featured on dane101.com, Madison’s everything-interesting blog, in an article written by Emily Mills.

“Clare and Matt Stoner Fehsenfeld have a simple—but delicious—idea: Bring fresh preserves to the upper Midwest. And that’s exactly what they’re doing with … Read more »

Now that all of our recipes are finalized, we are starting to do production for real. Lots of chopping, mixing and boiling means lots of tasty jars of preserves for you!

I, Matt, do most of the knife work because … Read more »