Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cherries, conserve, gourmet jam, human made, local fruit, locavore, sabjimata, sweet and sour, vegan, vegetarian on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sweet & Sour Cherry Conserve has made its way onto the Sabjimata Store’s shelves.
Hand pitting 3 gallons of cherries was not as bad as I thought it would be. Who needs a cherry pitter when you have opposing thumbs?
Whole sour cherries, cooked in a sweet cherry puree, tartly burst in the mouth. The taste is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bernard goetz, new york city, new york times, passover, pesach, sedar, subway vigilante, vegetarian on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I will never forget Bernard Goetz. Not because he divided New York City in 1984, when he took crime fighting into his own hands, shooting some teenagers he thought were about to rob him on the subway. No, I was only nine years old and was not so in tune with the politics of fear– [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food & wine magazine, jam, kosher, laura levitt, locavore, natural food, nick fauchald, organic, slow food, vegan, vegetarian on May 16, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Sometimes I ask myself whether or not I really want to do this. Make jam. Sell jam. The whole jam business thing.
I never set out to do a business. Last year I just made much too much strawberry jam. The local Hare Krishna farm, Gita Nagari, had way more strawberries than anyone could use. And [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged jam, jelly, kosher, vegan, vegetarian on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sabjimata puts the “Om” back in “Shalom” with a totally kosher product line. What makes Sabjimata so kosher? There is not an ounce of treyf in my kitchen!
According to the Orthodox Union, rabbinical supervision is necessary to make sure contamination does not occur when cooking and processing food. However, the Sabjimata kitchen is a pure [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ayurveda, jam, jelly, vegan, vegetarian on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I got an order from an attorney named Erin Englebrecht from Encinitas, CA. She had this to say about my site:
Hello!!
I was searching for some organic rose petal jam for my beloved and came across your site… your blog and products are awe-inspiring!
We’re both studying Ayurveda, and are so inspired by the wisdom, and [...]
