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

>Sunday Farm Market 11-5 @ Roberta's in Bushwick, Brooklyn

>New Amsterdam Market @ South Street Seaport, August 2010

BROOKLYN

>Greene Grape Provisions in Fort Greene

>Market in Ditmas Park
>Radish in Williamsburg
>>The General Greene Grocery in Fort Greene

>No. 7 in Fort Greene

MANHATTAN SHELVES & TABLES

>Whole Foods, Bowery Location on the LES
>Lucy's Whey in Chelsea Market
>Northern Spy Food Co. in the East Village
>Louis 649 in the East Village
>AKA Hotel Cafe in Midtown

COMING SOON:
Oro @ Lafayette & Spring St. in SoHo, Manhattan

Donna Da Vine Provisions in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

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

Pumpin' the jams party at Roberta's Market this Sunday!

the crew at roberta's sunday market

Come get your veggies, fresh wood-fired bread and jam this Sunday at Roberta’s in Bushwick. This will be Emma the apprentice’s last day, so come by and visit! We’ll have peach preserves with lemon verbena, blueberry preserves with maple syrup, pear ginger jam, apple preserves with vanilla bean, and [...]

Jam Making Workshop: Anarchy in a Jar Demonstration at Beer Table

jam student pours the elixer!

Peak season and you haven’t yet preserved summer’s bounty?  On Monday, August 23rd, we will be getting our jam on at Beer Table.  I’ll demonstrate simple ways to make preserves and offer other ideas for stocking up your larder (plum pickles? hot pepper jelly?). Each attendee will take a jar [...]

Delivering green

Anarchy in a Jar and Brooklyn Grange have been delivering good food around town via bicycle and our newest member of our green delivery fleet, Judy Blue Eyes our 1979 Mercedes that runs on recycled veggie oil. Here’s a nice pic of her at the market at Roberta’s.

Apricot jam and a bluegrass band: get your jam on Sunday at Roberta's

Ben sells his vegetables with some love at Roberta's in Bushwick, Brooklyn

the first heirloom tomatoes!

rainbow of jamz

We’ve been having a great time selling veggies, bread and jam at Roberta’s on Sunday from 11-5. We’ll be there all summer and early Autumn, with an ever-changing array of veggies and jam. Next Sunday we’ll [...]

Veggies, bread and jam every Sunday at Roberta’s

rooftop veggies for sale

the backyard at roberta's (261 moore st, brooklyn, new york)

farm market at roberta's

It’s the perfect storm of a farm market: a delicious convergence of vegetables, bread and jam every Sunday! We’re selling jam alongside the crew of the Brooklyn Grange Farm every Sunday in the [...]

July delights: apricots & morello cherries

lovely little apricots

morello cherries about to be picked at Fix Brothers Fruit Farm

Apricots and Morello cherries are two of my favorite fruits to jam. My pops helped me pick them this weekend at Fix Brothers Fruit Farm in Hudson, New York. Morello cherries are hard to find, but this farm has great ones. [...]

Party with us ~ UnFancy & Lillet

this is what our UnFancy table will look like

this is what i'll look like on june 22nd

The UnFancy Food Show is a great party on June 27th with a gazillion local food makers hawking their goods. It’s at the Bell House this year (inside & out) and should be amazing! I’ll [...]

Strawberry revolution

emma the jam apprentice hard at work in the kitchen

fresh strawberries from the farm

We’re so happy spring came and brought it’s friend summer! It’s finally fruit season and we are actively designing some fun seasonal flavors that you can taste at upcoming markets and events (like the UnFancy Food Show on June 27).

This [...]

Rooftop tomatoes will become chutney

Seedlings get ready for the Brooklyn Grange at Roberta's, photo by © Anastasia Cole

Ben elevates the tomatoes to the roof, photo by © Laena McCarthy

Tomatoes are planted at the Brooklyn Grange, photo by © Anastasia Cole

One day soon these little guys will grow bigger and produce beautiful tomatoes, and as [...]

Portada’s Pineapple Preserves Recipe

We made the pineapple preserves as I hinted we would and it was a great success. A little bitter from the limes, salty, sweet and pineapply. I want to compulsively eat it straight from the jar, then smear it on toast, pour it on ice cream or Greek yogurt, and mix some in a cocktail.

4C [...]