Gift to out-of-towners who would love a real taste of Sonoma County.ī 707.827.8192 / 200 S.The flavors are small-batch, so they’re first-come, first-serve. We always have a variety of flavors on the shelf. Once you know what to look for, you start to see them everywhere. Sallie: It’s funny because when you start making jam, you start driving around town with your eyes open in a whole new way: There’s a quince bush! There’s an orange tree! Look at that blackberry patch! I also love to add elder flowers to different jams. Gwen: It’s from a top-secret quince tree in a location we can’t divulge. I’m currently working on a membrillo (quince paste) which is good with cheese. I make jam throughout the year with organic fruit sourced from different small local farms. My initial inspiration was my aunt Gloria’s apricot jam. Sallie: I’ve been making jam for about fifteen years. Estate Tuscan Blend – $45 for one liter.(Make sure they know the difference between everyday use EVOO and finishing oil!) Gift this to your host at a holiday part instead of a bottle of wine.This is a finishing oil, so you want it to be the thing that shines in a dish. Drizzle it on a beautiful bowl of winter pureed soup. It’s more of a drizzling oil, not for cooking. You can serve it with warm bread out of the oven. It’s very ‘of the earth.’ It’s local olive oil, which is hard to find. Sallie: All of the olives are grown and pressed in Sebastopol. Also makes a great stocking stuffer.Įxtra Virgin Olive Oil made by Baker Lane Wines These are especially lovely because they have rose petals and cocoa nibs. They take the apples from their farm, juice them down into a syrup, and make caramels, making them tangy. The special thing about these caramels is that they are sweetened with apple cider vinegar instead of corn syrup. They decided to start making products from the apples in their Sebastopol orchard. We first met when our now college freshman kids were toddlers. Sallie: I’ve known owners Dan and Joanne Lehrer for years. The neighborhood market and home goods shop is located in a historic building in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square, with a mission of connecting people over food and handcrafted, original products for the home.Īpple Cider Caramels with Rose Petals and Cocoa Nibs made by Little Apple Treats Gwen Gunheim and Sallie Miller, good food fans and native Santa Rosans, opened the doors to Miracle Plum earlier this year. Looking for ideas for the best holiday gifts? For this year’s holiday gift basket, we reached out to the experts to get the scoop on their favorite locally sourced products.
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