making preserves

Pears arrive

So we just got in our first seasonal shipment of local, organic, heirloom pears and apples from Wisconsin, and we’re using all that delicious fruit to make our Pear with Honey and Ginger preserves. This fall, we’ll jar … Read more »

We did it! We made our first 2010 seasonal flavor, Strawberry Rosemary, and let us tell you, friends, it was an adventure!

The drive to the farm

It all started innocently enough. Matt jumped in the car to pick up … Read more »

Spring is here and we’re not far from the first fruits of the season in Wisconsin, so we’ve been hard at work in the kitchen perfecting new flavors. As we go, we’ll be posting about our experiments with lots of … Read more »

Join Potter’s Crackers, Terra Source Chocolates and Quince and Apple for a delicious evening of samples, pairings, kitchen tours, and Valentine’s gift ideas! Hosted at the Madison Enterprise Center, where our kitchens reside, this event will give you a chance … 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 »

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 »

Our next door neighbors and friends Graham and Rhea helped us out after we did our initial big prodution run by hosting a little label party at their house.

They helped us put all the labels on the newly made … Read more »