Serendipity Saucy Spreads is a collaborative effort of Kristen & Lynette Cederquist, two Santa Cruz artists with a passion for creating innovative twists on traditional family jam and preserve recipes. Lynette began making jam with her grandmother many many years ago and can remember waking up on summer mornings to lug boxes of fruit that were delivered from family friends. She and her grandmother and later on her mother would spend the morning preparing the fruit and then making delicious jams that they would share with their friends to enjoy for months to come. The tradition was then passed to Kristen, whose first memories go back to picking the ripest plums for plum jam on summer mornings with her grandmother when she was about five or six years old. For the past 15 years Kristen and Lynette have carried on the family tradition of making delicious jams, jellies, and marmalades.
Over the years our gift baskets of handcrafted jam & preserves have been a huge hit with family, friends, and colleagues. In the past we have jokingly said, “Someday we should go into the jam business!” With the current trend of eating fresh and local, and the prompting of Kristen’s boyfriend Rob, “someday” is here and in January 2009, Serendipity Saucy Spreads became a reality.
Everything about our company has been created by us, from our packaging design and website to the tasty recipes for each of our products. Our saucy spreads feature luscious fruits picked at the peak of ripeness to insure maximum flavors and freshness. It is not uncommon to have a friend call with an offer of ripe fruit from a backyard tree necessitating a picking excursion which leads to yet another very special product.
Not only are jams and preserved delicious on your morning toast, but they are great additions to your meals throughout the day. Throughout the product pages you’ll find stories from our family and ideas on how we use the saucy spreads in our home. For full recipes and menu ideas please visit out Recipes page. How will you use Serendipity Saucy Spreads?
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Kristen & Lynette
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