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A Blue Chair Fruit Valentine!

Valentine's Day is just around the corner -- and we've gathered our tastiest preserves and favorite lovey-dovey fruit puns into a thoughtful and whimsical Valentine's Day Trio!

Also included to sweeten the deal is a Valentine's Day book-card, "The Fruits of Our Love," hand designed by Blue Chair Fruit's Kate! This little card elucidates your love for your Valentine, employing romantic fruit witticisms highlighting each included flavor, of course! Each Valentine's Day Trio arrives with this card in its own red envelope, tied on with a blue bow; we've even stamped a petite red heart onto our signature blue chair wrapping paper.

Happy Valentine's Day from the Blue Chair Fruit team!

by Blue Chair Fruit, January 31st, 2012
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New Summery Flavors!

Alright, time for us to fess up: We've been a bit sneaky and squirreled away two of our favorite summer flavors to enjoy during the winter. Curious about what they are?

New Flavor: Apricot-Orange Jam

Our thoroughly luscious Apricot-Orange Jam, full of this beloved summer fruit, finds its effervescent sunny flavor highlighted by slender slices of orange rind. A true delight on toast or in a PBJ, or used as a pork glaze if you're feeling intrepid.

New Flavor: White Cherry Marmalade

Yowza, eating this marmalade is like tossing a handful of confetti into your morning! Our White Cherry Marmalade is full of itty bitty lemon rinds, which contrast beautifully with the rotund whole cherries throughout. A dash of almond extract accentuates the springy, warm flavor of this summer marmalade!

Bring Apricot-Orange Jam and White Cherry Marmalade home!

by Blue Chair Fruit, January 20th, 2012
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Give the Gift of Jam!

With the holidays upon us, we'd love to recommend the perfect gift: a membership to the Blue Chair Fruit Jam Club!

Members of the Jam Club receive shipments of 3 surprise flavors every other month; these flavors are frequently brand-new flavors not yet available to the public or small batches that may never show up anywhere else!

Last month's Jam Club members received one jar each of: Provencale Tomato-White Nectarine Jam, Rosemary-Damson Jam, Blood Orange-Chestnut Honey Marmalade with Rosemary.

Whether you're not sure which flavors to pick for your loved one or you know they have a voracious appetite for jam, our Jam Club is sure to please! Sign up for the Jam Club here.

Tom Marm Square Give the Gift of Jam! Damsons Square Give the Gift of Jam!

by Blue Chair Fruit, November 30th, 2011
in News, gift, holiday, jam, jam club, marmalade, November

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A Thanksgiving Jam Recipe!

Thanksgiving is upon us, and our Thanksgiving Jam 2-Pack will add a festive touch to your feast! With one jar of our Cranberry-Pluot Jam and one jar of our Rosemary-Damson Jam, this 2-pack enriches your favorite Thanksgiving foods, from turkey to pumpkin pie to greens.

We recently called on our Twitter community to share their favorite ways to enjoy our Thanksgiving flavors -- and boy, did they deliver! From incorporating cranberry jam into stuffing to smearing it on a leftover turkey sandwich, the ideas had us salivating.

There was one suggestion, however, that really intrigued our palates; Suz (Twitter @suzhowells) squished her recipe down to 140 characters: "Toss acorn squash wedges w/melted Cranberry jam, minced red chili & garlic, S&P. Roast @450, 25 min." We sent her our Thanksgiving Jam 2-Pack straightaway, and she sent us the full recipe:

Jam-Glazed Acorn Squash

Preheat oven to 450.

Sweat 1-2 cloves of finely minced garlic in 1T olive oil over low heat until fragrant & translucent. Add one minced red serrano, kung pao or thai chili. Add 1/3 -1/2 C jam (I'm thinking the Rosemary Damson would be awesome. I've used your Bergamot for this in the past). Heat until jam melts and blends with garlic & chili.

Wash, seed and slice 1-2 acorn squash into wedges. Put in bowl with warm jam mixture. Toss until all the pieces are coated, place in a single layer on a 1/2 sheet lined with parchment. Salt & pepper generously. Roast for about 25 minutes, or until squash is fork tender and carmelized.

Caution: This is addictive!

YUM. Thanks, Suz! Anyone else have a unique way to use our jams for Thanksgiving? Get your own Thanksgiving Jam 2-Pack now!

by Blue Chair Fruit, November 17th, 2011
in Recipes, cranberry, damson, jam, plum, recipe, Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving Jam Making 101

We're so excited to offer a Thanksgiving-themed Jam Making 101 class again this year! This class gives students an opportunity to explore fruits and accent flavors that are perfect with a Thanksgiving feast.

Click here to sign up for this four-hour introductory jam-making class. This popular class will be Blue Chair Fruit's last jam-making class of the season, so reserve your spot now!

by Blue Chair Fruit, October 19th, 2011
in News, class, jam, jam making 101, Rachel Saunders, Thanksgiving

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A New Morning Toast 2-Pack!

The seasons are changing, and so are our jam cravings! We find ourselves lusting after a heartier jam and marmalade come autumn, and we've got a new Morning Toast 2-Pack to reflect our new favorites:

We love the rich, tart flavor of Damson Jam on toast (or stirred into yogurt), and our Orange-Kumquat Marmalade is a sweet marmalade with just enough kick to shake off a cold winter morning. Plus, these two jars are available at a special price. Yum!

by Blue Chair Fruit, October 10th, 2011
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Eat Real Fest Recap

WOW, we had such a blast at the Eat Real Festival this year! We teamed up with some favorite local artisans and put our jam in some pretty yummy situations. Curious about the appearances our jams made? We're glad you asked!

ERF triptych Eat Real Fest Recap
1. Our lovely jam stand where we were sampling all of our ERF flavors! We met some great new friends and had a blast talking jam all day.

2. Saturday's Craft Collaboration with Starter Bakery. Yep, that's our Blood Orange-Hibiscus Marmalade and Meyer Lemon-Blood Orange Marmalade with Rose Geranium in two different Kouign Aman.

3. Sunday's Craft Collaboration with Mike the Bejkr. Three different breads, three different jams. Kamut bread with Early Girl Tomato Jam. Farro Bread with Peacotum Jam. Pain Biologique with Strawberry-Pluot Jam. To say Mike's bread is our favorite is an understatement!

Other fun things we did: Rachel gave a stone fruit talk with Fran of Blossom Bluff and Michele Polzine, and served our Damson Jam spooned over peach ice cream. And our marmalade was incorporated into a yummy cocktail!

Can't wait until next year!

by Blue Chair Fruit, September 26th, 2011
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Eat Real Fest 2011

Our favorite time of the year is here - Eat Real Fest! We are SO excited to spend the weekend demoing, offering craft collaborations with some of our favorite artisan food makers, selling jam, and eating.

We'll be represented at Eat Real Fest on Friday night through a jam cocktail - our Bergamot Marmalade to be more specific! Be sure to check out the Jam Bar at 4pm to try for yourself.

On Saturday, the Blue Chair Fruit team will be sampling and selling our jams all day. For a limited time starting at 11am, our craft collaboration with Starter Bakery will be available: jam and croissants! These are sure to go quickly, so show up early! And at 2pm, Rachel will be demoing cooking with jam, pairing with Blossom Bluff (who gives us our favorite stone fruit) and pastry chef Michele Polzine.

Sunday holds more goodies, and we're so excited to pair up with our favorite bread maker, Mike the Bejkr. We LOVE his bread and can't wait to pair it with our jam. This offering starts at 1:30pm, and you won't want to miss it! Of course, we'll be offering our favorite jams for sale on Sunday as well.

We'll even be debuting a special new jam this weekend made from the mystery fruit posted below. We're crazy for its summery flavor. Curious about what it is? You'll have to come by Eat Real Fest to find out!

Mystery Fruit Eat Real Fest 2011

by Blue Chair Fruit, September 22nd, 2011
in News, 2011, Eat Real Fest, jam, oakland, pairings

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The Best of California

California is made for fruit lovers -- a long growing season, moderate temperatures through winter, and a brigade of farmers and gardeners committed to nurturing heirloom fruit varieties.

Here at Blue Chair Fruit, our greatest joy is celebrating California produce by taking fruit at the peak of its season and preserving it to enjoy throughout the year. And we want to share our favorite California flavors with you!

Our California Preserves 3-Pack contains one jar each of:

Olallieberry Jam, made from our favorite regional blackberries
Meyer Lemon-Blood Orange Marmalade, highlighting the unique flavor of Meyer lemons
Yvette's Plum Jam, our love song to our friend Yvette's perfect backyard plums

We hope you love these special California fruits as much as we do!