Deglazed

I had the pleasure of taking a marmalade class with June Taylor last weekend. If you don’t know of her fruit preserves, please acquaint yourself as soon as possible. A warning: you may not be able to buy conventional preserves ever again, and this will certainly dip into your daily latte budget. Another option, take one of her classes and start experimenting with your own favorite fruits. Another warning: you’ll need to cook up some patience, because, as June says, “it’s a labor of love.” The question is, do you have more time or money?

I felt rather poetic after the class, and cooked up this little limerick.

June Taylor can teach you to cook
Preserved fruit without consulting a book
She’ll say, “it’s with no rhyme or reason,
And live by the season,
And never add gobbledygook.”

Find her labors-of-love at the Ferry Plaza farmers market or at her own retail outlet, The Still Room.