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Terrific for pairing with cheese or grilled meats.

Around the Apartment Therapy offices we've been snacking on Quince & Apple marmalade that is light, bright and amazing on everything it graces. It's the gift you might pass by for yourself, but is the best thing ever when someone sends it to you!

Fig & Black Tea Preserves: a perfect pairing ... with Rush Creek Reserve [one of Wisconsin's premier cheeses]

We're smitten with this small-batch jam from the husband-and-wife team behind Quince & Apple, Clare and Matt Stoner Fehsenfeld. Dried black Mission figs steep in a blend of black Indonesian tea and just the right amount of sugar, making for a heavenly spread that sings with both salty and sweet flavors. We especially love it stirred into our morning yogurt or alongside a big hunk of cheddar cheese.

These not-too-sugary jams just may become the secret ingredient in your home cooking.

Music to the ears…Made in Madison, WI by too-cute mix master couple Matt and Clare.

Artisanal and intriguing.

Try the jam with Potter's crackers and Roth Kase's Buttermilk blue...for the most perfect late afternoon nosh imaginable.

Heaven-sent jars of the best jams ever…to die for.

Stuff we want to eat right now!

Delicious and unique.

When you think of the Upper Midwest and preserves, you probably think of one of two traditions: aunts and grannies canning ancient recipes with hopes of State Fair ribbons dancing in their heads, or those little plastic packages of jelly that are regularly served at the less fancy diners and truckstops throughout the region. Quince and Apple of Madison, Wisconsin takes a third, somewhat more glamorous, approach. Using their own labor, the husband and wife team of Clare and Matt Stoner Fehsenfeld put out about 1,000 jars of product a month, including flavors such as Fig and Black Tea, Pear with Honey and Ginger, and Shallot Confit with Red Wine.

Citrus-sweet goodness.

Gourmet preserves that depart dramatically from the rote and predictable safety of traditional jams and jellies.

Luscious…intense…tangy.

Small batch preserves with a big local flavor.

An entrepreneurial new gourmet food business that’s getting an enthusiastic nod from local foodies.

They’re onto something good.

Their small-batch preserves…have gained a contingent of fans.

Review of local foodie group Ferment's “Forgotten Fruits” Happy Hour.