Welcome to Anarchy in a Jar Jam, jelly, marmalade and chutney made with love in Brooklyn, New York.
local.handmade.artisanal.urban
Anarchy is freedom from food tyranny.
Find Us We get around. Where are we selling jam now?
MARKETS & EVENTS
Smorgasburg: Starts Saturday, April 7th, 2012 from 11-6pm
New Amsterdam Market: Starts May 2012, 11-4
BROOKLYN
Fort Greene
>Greene Grape Provisions
Ditmas Park
>Market
Williamsburg
>Radish
>Bedford Cheese Shop
Carroll Gardens
>Court Street Grocers
>Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain
>By Brooklyn
Steve's Ice Cream coming soon to Boerum Hill in Brooklyn (420 Atlantic Ave)
Greenpoint
>Eastern District
DUMBO
>Forager's Market
MANHATTAN
>Whole Foods, all NYC locations LES Bowery, UWS, Union Square, Tribeca, Chelsea, Columbus Circle
>Murray's Cheese in the West Village & Grand Central Terminal
>Lucy's Whey in Chelsea Market
>Nolita Mart in Chinatown
>Blue Ribbon Bakery in the West Village
>Dickson's Farmstead Meats in Chelsea Market
>Forager's Market in Chelsea
TRI-STATE
>The Hop: Craft Beer & Artisanal Fare in Beacon, NY
COMING SOON to >Whole Foods Market Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey
ONLINE
Buy our jam online at Sif Foods
or Murray's Cheese
or New York Mouth
or With Love, From Brooklyn
Local Fruit Farms Our favorite organic*, pick-your-own fruit farms in Southeast New York.
Thompson-Finch Farm
gorgeous organic strawberries and raspberries.
Ancram, NY http://thompsonfinch.com
Garden of Eve farm
vegetables, fruits and flowers. Pick-your-own and farmstand. They also have a stand at Brooklyn's McCarren Park Farmer’s Market.
North Fork, Long Island http://www.gardenofevefarm.com
Fishkill Farms
apples, peaches, cherries! Hopewell Jct., NY http://www.fishkillfarms.com
Handsome Brook Farm
raspberries and tomatoes. Franklin, NY www.handsomebrookfarm.com
Fix Brothers Orchards
cherries (sweet, sour or black), peaches and apples. NOT certified organic, but the best cherries, including the rare dark-red morello cherry! A beautiful spot overlooking the Hudson River.
Hudson, NY Phone: (518) 828-7560
Liberty View Farm
fruit, vegetable, and honey.
Highland, NY
Montgomery Place Orchards
all kinds of fruit, especially great for heirloom varieties. A beautiful spot near the Hudson River and the pretty towns of Red Hook & Rhinebeck.
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Phone: (845)758.6338
*growing organic fruit in the NE is very hard, and therefore there are very few farms that do it, hence the inclusion of low-spray. We feel that local trumps organic: support your local farms!
Local Fruit Harvesting Dates
Tart Cherries: July 1-July 25
Blueberries: July 15-August 25
Summer Raspberries: July 15-August 15
Apples: Mid-July-Late October
Fall Raspberries: Sept 3-Oct 31 (or hard freeze)
Eco-Delivery with “Traffic Jam” Bike Delivery Service Need some jam RIGHT NOW? Do you live in Brooklyn or lower Manhattan? We can deliver the goods to your door via our bike, Bluebell.
It's a recession, people, and eating out is so passe. That's why Traffic Jam is here to rock your Sunday morning.
For details and to place an order, visit the "Get Jam" page.
Quotes from Anarchy Eaters "Tumultuously tasty." ~Edible Brooklyn
"extraordinary preserves." ~Julia Moskin, New York Times
"In Laena McCarthy's hands, chaos is sweet." ~Tasting Table
"exceptional Strawberry Balsamic Jam." ~Cool Hunting
"a delicious and quirky play at locavorianism." ~MadeMan
"The first bite was so good, saliva literally sprayed out of my mouth." ~Halle
"Nom Nom." ~Holly
"It's amore!" ~pseudo-Italian guy
"Totally rad." ~jam loving hipster
"I've been dreaming about your jam." ~ Caroline
"Nothing compares to you." ~JB
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Pears are smokin'
My hot fireman’s pear jam experiment turned out a smokin’ little jam. Pears are my favorite autumn fruit. Sweet, sultry, salutary and versatile, pears are perfect raw, baked, jammed and mixed with a multitude of flavors. When I got some pears from a fireman upstate I wanted to mix them with something that fit the context, so I added cinnamon and chipotle to give it a little spice and smoky heat.
The fireman only had a bushel of Bartlett pears from his backyard, so I had to get some more from an orchard upstate with the lovely name of Breezy Hill. I bought them in the pouring rain, from some cold farmers at the farmer’s market in Park Slope. They’re beautiful and delicious, perfect with smokey spice.
Next we’ll be mixing pears with St. Germain Liquor and some cranberries for the holiday season. Stay tuned!
Hot Fireman’s Pear Jam
INGREDIENTS
- 10 cups peeled, cored, and diced pears
- 1 cup water
- 5 cups sugar
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp chipotle
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 tbsp apple jelly (see recipe, added to give extra jamminess)
DIRECTIONS
Sterilize jars and lids in boiling water for at least 10 minutes.
In a large saucepan, combine pears, water, and lemon juice. Cover, and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the sugar. Bring back to a boil and skim as needed. Cook pears until tender and slightly transluscent (another 20-30minutes).
Puree half of the pears in a food mill (we have a lovely old food mill that works wonders with apples but a blender or food processor will also do the trick!). The puree should be similar to a thin applesauce.
Return to your pot, mix with diced pears and bring to boil. Add the apple jelly and cinnamon. Boil another 15-20 minutes. Check the temperature with a candy thermometer, you want it to be 220F. Keep stirring, you don’t want your pears to scorch!
Add the chipotle, bring to a boil again (few moments) and remove from heat and allow to settle for two minutes.
Finish by filling your desired jars to within a ¼ inch of the top and seal (for jar preparation, see this detailed recipe). Boil for 10 minutes in a water bath. Let rest 5 minutes in bath, then remove. Listen for the jars to “pop” letting you know the jam is sealed! Do not move for 6 to 12 hours to get a proper set.
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Buy the Cookbook 
Our jam cookbook is almost here! Whoopee! It debuts August 2nd, but you can score a copy now.
Purchase Jam On: The Craft of Canning Fruit at your favorite bookstore or from the following sites:
--Amazon
--Barnes & Noble
--Indiebound
--iTunes
--Books A Million
Ask A Jam Queen Go to our FAQs page where the jam queens answer your most intimate jam questions and expel deceitful rumors.
Find out the answers to such zingers as:
Q: What’s the difference between jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade and conserves?
Q: What’s pectin?
Q: What’s an “heirloom”?
Q:Can jam kill you?
News & Reviews of Anarchy in a Jar
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This sounds Ho-Ho-Hot!!! Nice meeting you the other night. I look forward to a jam session!
I’m on fire, yum!