Press & Awards
We're the jam, but don't take our word for it! Our products have received 13 Good Food Awards and are frequently featured in publications ranging from Garden & Gun to the News & Observer.
Bon Appétit Magazine
Condiment of the Season: Pepper Jelly (Nov 2013)
Calhoun County Journal
April McGreger is Now Sweet Potato Empress (Oct 2014)
CAROLINA ARTS & SCIENCES MAGAZINE
The Carrboro Citizen
"Cooking As Conversation" (Nov 2008)
CHAPEL HILL MAGAZINE
5th Annual Foodie Issue: "Something Worth Preserving" (Sep/Oct 2014)
Civil Eats
EATING WELL
"Preserving a Family Tradition" (May/Jun 2014)
GARDEN & GUN
Our jams were featured in "Top Shelf: What Pros Are Using in Their Kitchens" PDF (Oct 2011)
"100 Southern Foods You Absolutely Must Try Before You Die" (Nov 2008)
Imbibe
Bourbon-Soaked Brown Figs voted "A Few of Our Favorite Things." PDF (Sep/Oct 2012)
THE LOCAL PALATE
Ring of Fire (Sweet Potato Habanero Hot Sauce) (Aug/Sep 2013)
Grape Leaf Pickles featured in Bill Smith's fridge. PDF (Jul/Aug 2012)
Martha Stewart Living
Strawberry-Honeysuckle Jam voted a "Test Kitchen Favorite" for brunch. PDF (Nov 2012)
NEW YORK TIMES
NEWS & OBSERVER
"Passion to Preserve Erupts: From Volcanoes to Artisan Food" (Aug 2010)
"New Shake for the State Grape" PDF (Sep 2007)
OUR STATE MAGAZINE
"How Do You Take Your Honeysuckle?" (Aug 2014)
SAVEUR
"Middle of Somewhere" (Jun/Jul 2015)
Respectful of tradition but not bound by it, once-sleepy central North Carolina develops its own food scene
SIERRA (Magazine of the Sierra Club)
The Greenest Peppers (Sweet Potato Habanero Hot Sauce) (May/Jun 2015)
SOUTHERN CULTURES
SOUTHERN FOODWAYS ALLIANCE
Farmer's Daughter, Carrboro Farmers' Market Oral History Project
SOUTHERN LIVING
"Preserving the South" (Mar 2014)
A farmer's daughter captures the seasons with her jams and jellies
US AIRWAYS MAGAZINE
Our blood orange cake is featured in "Drinking in a Chapel Hill Jewel." (May 2008)
OTHER MENTIONS
Good Food Award Winner 2017
- Pantry Category: Sweet Potato Habanero Hot Sauce
- Preserves Category: Strawberry Preserves
Good Food Award Winner 2016
- Pickles Category: Ramp & Mustard Seed Kraut, Ruby Red Sauerkraut, Hot Chili Okra Pickles
- Preserves Category: Bourbon’d Fig Preserves
Good Food Award Winner 2015
- Pickles Category: Sweet Corn & Pepper Relish
- Preserves Category: Strawberry Honeysuckle Preserves
Good Food Awards Finalist 2014
- Preserves Category: Muscadine Grape Jam
Good Food Award Winner 2013
- Preserves Category: Rosey Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
Good Food Award Winner 2012
- Preserves Category: Strawberry-Honeysuckle Preserves
Good Food Award Winner 2011
- Pickles Category: Spicy Green Tomato Pickles
- Preserves Category: Bourbon'd Fig Preserves