Generous pieces of Vermont-grown fruit and a balanced mix of sweet and tart flavors make this Pear Quince Fig Conserve with Meyer Lemon a wonderful seasonal treat. Quince is a winter fruit, light with a subtle tartness, that when cooked down takes on a jammy consistency. V Smiley pairs it with tangy Meyer lemon, a hint of earthy honey and fig, whose seeds add little crispy pops. This dark red, chunky preserve goes great with sharper cheeses or slathered on toast. Serve on a cheeseboard for a punch of flavor and an extra textural element, or as a chutney with roasted meat. This seasonal showstopper won’t be here for long.

This sweet-savory jam is a nod to sticky barbecue sauces with a good kick of spice from Bulgarian carrot chilies. You can see the juicy pieces of organic peach and tomato as soon as you open the jar and taste the sweetness local Vermont honey as soon as a spoonful of the stuff hits your tongue. And while you may have had a tomato jam before, you haven’t had one like this: It’s a positively decadent fusion between spicy grassy peppers, sweet-savory summer tomatoes and floral-juicy and sweet summer peaches. This is amazing on toast with a smear of ricotta, cream cheese, or chevre, but it's also easily used like you would a chutney or even as part of a glaze for grilled goodies.

Juicy cherry chunks are scattered throughout this vibrant jam. Although all of V Smiley’s preserves have unique and complex flavor profiles, this one is particularly special. Not too sweet, the cherries pair beautifully with the summery fennel. And sherry vinegar made from high-quality Spanish grapes creates the perfect foundation for both sweet and savory applications. A dash of honey rounds out the tartness of the cherry, adding a botanical complexity unmatched by jams sweetened with sugar alone.

This berry-red jam is leaps and bounds better than the sickly-sweet jams populating grocery store shelves these days. It’s complex in flavor—expertly balancing herbs and flowers to enhance the fresh, Vermont-grown fruit packed into every jar. Not too thick or too runny, it’s studded with generous pieces of berry, for a jam that tastes like a summer evening: sophisticated, with the gentle botanical nuance of rosemary. Rather than overpowering the strawberries and currants, it creates a feeling of nibbling fresh berries while sitting on a porch next to an herb garden or pine tree. Never too sweet, the tart fruits are rich and juicy thanks to the black currant. Although it’s much more challenging than incorporating standard sugar, honey adds a special complexity you won’t find in nearly any other jam.

Once you try this, you might not be able to go back to grocery store blackberry jam. Thick yet easily spreadable, this jam is punctuated with soft shreds of rhubarb and delicate lavender buds. The lavender and rhubarb weave together as a bright base for the juicy blackberries. The buds’ floral flavor rounds out the tart-sweet fruit. The brightness of the berries is complemented perfectly by the addition of honey, sourced from a local Vermont producer just down the road from where the berries grow.