Is it me or is summer moving on too quickly? My favorite season too. OK the fruit thing is an obsession but I love the ease of moving into morning in summer – a seamless transition from the warmth of sleep to the day. And then there are the summer menus – I think fish [...]

Just back from Bonnie’s Jams’ first time ever appearance as an exhibitor at the Fancy Food show! Thanks to Susan and Ellen, show strollers tasted lots of jam and we had enthusiastic feedback on our booth, new labels, and the jam. Food manufacturers from Massachusetts were pretty much all in the same area thanks to [...]

The most elegantly dressed of fruits have arrived! Did you ever notice the sensuality of the skin? Feel one – then the color? Not orange, not pink – fleshy – but in a good way. And the good ones are juicy and irresistible. I am making jam touched with a bit of orange.

Explored the delicious food enclaves in Brooklyn. I can see how this happened – great 20 and 30 something smart population, also families who have always lived there form the perfect receptacle for artisan products. I know, I consumed some extraordinary stuff. Stinky Cheese has Bonnie’s Jams and hoping for more stores there. Love Brooklyn!

Have you caught up with Tammy Donroe’s Foodonthefood blog? Very lively and delicious. Tammy was the smart person who came up with Black & Blue jam filled muffins – now one of my favorites. Make muffin batter, fill muffin mold half, scoop out a bit and fill that with a dollop of jam, top with [...]

What could be better – dinner in a barn with 14 gabbing people, great roast salmon and views of fields and farms. A scene out of a fantasy. Summer is such a relief from that ghastly winter – I think I will celebrate warm weather at every opportunity. What did you do?

Got any suggestions for stores that should carry Bonnie’s Jams? Just made luscious Strawberry Rhubarb jam. Where would you like to see them sold? A set of Bonnie’s Jams will be your reward for a good suggestion! Help spread the jam.

I am inhaling the most amazing aroma of strawberries, spring rhubarb and a little sugar drifting up from my kettles of jam. I love long days of making jam – the world disappears and all that is left if this lovely red mixture, the fruit melting into each other – an alchemy of sorts. Any [...]

Very sweet reunion with my Harvard Kennedy School classmates over the weekend. While I am deep into jam, they are unraveling the banking debacle, revamping and “greening” corporate environmental policy, thwarting terrorists…someone has to feed the good life! That would be me! Yeah!!

Like most people in business, I think about branding. So I was struck by Osama’s cave and hills branding strategy. In fact he lived in a villa with all the usual comforts. Almost funny.