Welcome to the Jamarchy

Jam, jelly, preserves 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

New Amsterdam Market: Starts Sunday, June 5, 11-4

Smorgasburg: Starts Saturday, May 21, 9-5

BROOKLYN

Fort Greene
>Greene Grape Provisions

Clinton Hill
>Choice Greene

Park Slope
>Blue Apron Fine Foods

Ditmas Park
>Market

Williamsburg
>Radish

>Bedford Cheese Shop

>Spuyten Duyvil Grocery

Carroll Gardens
>Court Street Grocers

>Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain

>By Brooklyn

Cobble Hill
>Cobblestone Foods

Boerum Hill
>Da Vine Provisions

Greenpoint
>Eastern District

MANHATTAN SHELVES & TABLES

>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

>Lafayette Espresso Bar and Marketplace in SoHo, Manhattan

>Nolita Mart in Chinatown

>Blue Ribbon Bakery in the West Village

Steve's Ice Cream in Manhattan at Bryant Park (4 East 42nd St.) and coming soon to Boerum Hill in Brooklyn (420 Atlantic Ave)

ONLINE

Buy our jam online at Sif Foods
or Murray's Cheese
or New York Mouth

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.

bluebell

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

Cranberries, pomegranate and ginger in a jar

cranberries

Laena’s mom got us some organic cranberries from a farmer on Cape Cod–the capitol of cranberries. We’re excited to cook these babies up to accompany your Thanksgiving feasts.

First, let’s nip some misunderstanding in the bud: compote, jelly, relish, jam and sauce are ALL THE SAME THING. Cranberries cooked with sugar–the method differs depending on who’s making it, but it’s all basically the same condiment.

Cranberries are fascinating, and a mystery to most people (are they only from Cape Cod? Bogs? On trees?). They’re a  small evergreen shrub found in acidic bogs throughout the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere (Maine, Massachusetts, upper midwest, etc.). The berry we know and love is an epigynous berry that’s  initially white, but turns a deep red when fully ripe. They’re super nutritious and a powerful antioxidant. Eat up. In North America, Native Americans were the first to use cranberries as food, but they also used them in dye and medicine (for wounds–remember that, next time your injured near a bog).

We wondered what to jam them with. Orange is a classic accompaniment, but Laena and her sister had some crappy, way too bitter blood-orange & cranberry sauce from Williams-Sonoma a couple of years ago, so we were uninspired to go that route. The great thing about cranberry sauce/jam/compote/relish is that it’s so perfectly tart. You want to smear it on everything (turkey, potatoes, tofu, biscuits). We wanted to keep with the tart/sweet theme, so Liv suggested pomegranates (Laena’s favorite food, btw). While we could juice pomegranates, it’s prohibitive and who wants a $20 jar of cranberry sauce? We went with pomegranate molasses, a classic Middle Eastern condiment. We also added a hit of orange zest to finish it off. Yum.

We’ll let you know how it goes….

Jam on.

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