Here are the little oblong globes of tamarillo And here are the two jars they produced. Let’s have a jam exchange.

Forage Oakland is a backyard neighborhood barter project that works to utilize surplus backyard fruit that would otherwise be wasted. Neighbors in Berkeley and Oakland join the project and make […]

Here is what I am reading, and here is what informs the work and philosophies of Forage Oakland: Jane Grigson’s Fruit BookThe River Cottage Handbook on PreservesLewis Hyde’s The Gift

In my travels, I happened upon quince in Dublin and quince in Rome. The first photo is of the Dublin quince, times three. The other three photos are of the […]

I am home and making tamarillo jam tonight, tamarillo which I froze as I was leaving town a little over three weeks ago. Tamarillo jam will be a first.