American Spoon Sour Cherry Preserves are a personal favorite of author Ann Patchett, who fell in love with Northern Michigan on a book tour over twenty years ago.
This special edition was made at her behest to celebrate the release of her new novel Tom Lake, a story of love and family set in a Northern Michigan cherry orchard.
It's the quintessential Sour Cherry Preserves you know and love, filled with brightly tart Michigan Montmorency cherries.
- American Spoon Sour Cherry Preserves are made in their Petoskey, Michigan kitchen from Michigan-grown Montmorency cherries.
- Their Sour Cherry Preserves are made in small-batch copper kettles; just 60 jars at a time.
- Ingredients: Red tart cherries, sugar, lemon juice, pectin
- 9.5 oz / 269 g
- Simple pairings: almond butter, brie or gruyere cheese
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers.
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A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
“A nail-biting narrative, setting stark human dilemmas against a lush, exotic backdrop.”— People
“Extraordinary. . . . Nothing is as it seems, and the ending is as shocking as it’s satisfying.” — Boston Globe

"Engaging, surprising, provocative and moving...a thoroughly intelligent book, an intimate domestic drama that nonetheless deals with big issues touching us all: religion, race, class, politics and, above all else, family." -- Washington Post
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Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Winner of the Orange Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
"Bel Canto is its own universe. A marvel of a book." —Washington Post Book World
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Acclaimed author Ann Patchett's debut novel, hailed as "beautifully written . . . a first novel that second- and third-time novelists would envy for its grace, insight, and compassion” (Boston Herald)