Onward & Upward & Full Speed Ahead!

Hello & Happy New Year & Happy January! Pink Slip Jam is currently restructuring & planning new ways to offer the very finest jams, chutneys, and marmalades to an increasing audience of Jam Fans! As such, we took a little side trip to Los Angeles to visit the ever inspiring Renee Gunter of Daily Organics (aka DO!). We are collaborating on several projects & are eager to share the bounty with you. If you find yourselves in the City of Angels, please stop by Renee's Daily Organics where you will be able to procure the best in organic, seasonal produce, as well as Pink Slip Jam. She can be found via her blog or FB.

If you find yourselves in more northern climes, and are in Portland, OR, please stop by Nico Bella's jewel box of a shop, Spellbound Flowers, in downtown Portland. We have begun a Jam-of-the-Month Club on a limited basis and this month's selection is delightful! We are offering Epiphany Jam, a concoction of clementines, Tahitian vanilla bean, and peony blossom. Perfect on January mornings for your toast, English muffins, or in oatmeal!

Meanwhile, PSJ is pleased to remind everyone that last October, those enterprising Kinfolk Magazine folks published their stunning first book, The Kinfolk Table. Chock-full of beautiful photos, delectable recipes, and inspiring features of makers from all over. PSJ is honored to have been included and there are two recipes which have proven to be winners time & time again from us! Please get yourselves a copy of this amazing book. It is something to be read and cherished.

Stay tuned for more upcoming events, trunk shows, and February's jam selection. Hint: it will feature roses! That's the only hint you'll get!!

Blissful State of Anticipation

Aaaaaannnddd (drum roll, please)...here we have the beginnings of a new cocktail to be offered Sunday evening, April 15 (Not for Tax Day). This is for our Sunday screenings of Mad Men at Portland's own Hollywood Theater on NE Sandy Blvd. Starting at 9:00 the doors open and the cocktails will flow, and once everyone is in a festive mood the costume contest begins, often followed by a Mad Men Trivia Quiz...who will be the Lucky Winner this week??

This is Rose Geranium Syrup which will be a part of a Champagne cocktail in honor of a classic line uttered by Peggy Olsen. You connect the dots...

A Rose By Yet Another Name...

Easter Bunny has come & gone, eggs were dye'd, chocolate was consumed, quiche was made, and Bloody Mary was the preferred beverage of the morning. Once those things were accomplished, the real work began: Mad Men Night at The Hollywood Theater here in Portland, OR. Our local Hostess Extraordinaire, Nico Bella, (aka Fleur de Lethal), asked me to come up with a little something to enhance Cocktail Hour...I did. Pink Slip Jam created a Clementine & Vanilla Syrup which was incorporated into a lovely drink called 'The Ankle Singer'. Champagne was involved. The evening was effervescent. People loved it, and I received compliments, an empty bottle, and a request for something else for next week! So...without further ado, here is your advance notice for a new beverage, courtesy of Ms. Fleur de Lethal herself: A Basketful of Kisses. If you know your MM history, you will remember this is a slogan that changed the game for Peggy, lifting her from the ranks of the Secretarial Pool into the position of Junior Copywriter! Hmmm...maybe I just gave away the answer to a trivia question. No matter...you'll just have to start attending our shows! The Pink Slip addition to Champagne this week will be a beautiful rosy pink syrup, Rose Geranium. Suitable for any skin tone! I think I can safely say that, despite their enormous differences, Peggy, Joan, Betty, and Francine would all be satisfied (ahem)!