June Tasting Box
Posted: May 17, 2011 Filed under: announcements, Products 4 Comments »
So our fabulous new website is up (which is why this blog has gone back to it’s wordpress domain), and I must say that our in-house graphics-guy, Daniel Boccato, really outdid himself. Full disclosure: this man also happens to be my significant other, so perhaps I am biased. Please check out the new site and tell us what you think!
You will also notice that the new site has an announcement about our Tasting Box, a new monthly offer from fig + kindle. This box is stuffed full with a number of newly-invented sweets, old classics, and always something different that what we offer in our normal repertoire. The box changes each month along with its packaging; each one is put together to tell a story about the particular time of year from locally-sourced fruits, to new designer wrapping paper.
To give you a sneak peak at June: we have a kraft paper cube, wrapped with green and white hydrangea paper, filled with five sweets:
Local Strawberry Elderflower Jam
Lavender Almond Toffee
Lemon Verbena Marshmallows
Whole Wheat Sablés with Shaved Taza Chocolate, Vanilla Bean, and Maine Sea Salt
Candied Thyme Walnuts
We will be accepting orders for these boxes until June 15th, after which all will be assembled and shipped the following week. Check them out on ETSY.
Please keep a lookout for new announcements as we relaunch fig + kindle in its entirety in June!
SoWa in the summer
Posted: April 5, 2011 Filed under: announcements 3 Comments »Hello all,
Things are coming along well for our relaunch in late May. Although, I think if anyone ever told me how difficult and stressful launching a business would be I may not have done it. I think that is what most of my counterparts will say themselves. I am still swimming in insurance paperwork, bugging distributors who don’t call me back, and knocking my head, and Daniel’s, against walls trying to figure out how to get a large enough tempering machine to be able to finally sell our chocolates as a regular offering.
One bright spot though: we just finalized our dates with the SoWa market. If those of you in the Boston-area have not been I urge you to come down for a visit when the season starts. It is an outdoor market with all kinds of artisans, crafters, farmers selling fresh produce and baked goods, and specialty shops like f+k. It is located in South Boston in an area particularly well-suited for strolls along streets lined with classic brick buildings and great little shops.
Here is our schedule for 2011:
Sundays 10am-4pm, 500 Harrison Ave S. Boston
July: 3, 24
August: 7, 14, 28
September: 4, 18, 25
October: 2, 9, 23
Hope to see you there!
F+K at Crop Circle Kitchen!
Posted: March 24, 2011 Filed under: announcements 3 Comments »
Yes people. Fig & Kindle has finally found a new home at Crop Circle Kitchen in Jamaica Plain (Boston). We are so excited to be coming on board in the next few months and so happy to finally have CONVECTION OVENS at our disposal. Please stay with us as we document this process of remaking and restarting the biz. Lots to come including introduction of a few new products, new packaging, and a brand spanking new website with a SHOPPING CART.
But what we really need our followers to participate in is the Kickstarter fund-raising project we will be launching in the next few weeks. As a small business that deals in all things eco-friendly and sustainable, we need a leg up as we increase production in order to stay in business– Kickstarter will allow us to raise money and GIVE PEOPLE PRIZES for donating. So stay tuned and watch for your opportunity to donate to the F+K cause and get some really cool stuff.
Perhaps cool stuff like this: lavender toffee with dark chocolate and crushed almonds (hey, we need a bigger chocolate tempering machine for that! Every dollar counts!)
Marshmallows!
Posted: November 29, 2010 Filed under: announcements, Products, shop Leave a comment »
Hello all. I told you we were going to have multiple surprise for you in December– so surprise again– one is ready NOW. I am so pleased to introduce to you the two newest items in the Fig & Kindle shop: Chamomile Honey Vanilla marshmallows and Rum Spiced Molasses marshmallows.
I was very hesitant about adding marshmallows to the shop for two reasons: 1) everyone seems to be trying it and 2) despite having worked with them for years, I have never been able to make decent ones without corn syrup. I am pleased to say that after much experimentation we have two marshmallows ready to go, free of corn syrup, and hopefully providing a much needed level of sophistication to the marshmallow market out there.
I must say, I usually don’t toot my own horn (too much in public), but the chamomile marshmallows are out of this world. I have been eating them for two days wondering what kind of magic fairy must have fallen into the pot with them– they taste BUTTERY — like chamomile ice cream with a delicate drizzle of honey over the top. Not at all cloyingly sweet as so many marshmallows are. I can only imagine it is the flavor balance between sweet honey, herbal chamomile, and creamy vanilla.
Check them out in the shop!
New Flavors in the Shop!
Posted: October 5, 2010 Filed under: announcements, Products Leave a comment »A few shop updates this week. First of all, as many have noticed, our caramel sauces are not currently listed on etsy. This is due to our canning equipment deciding, after the influx of orders last week, to go to the big trash dump in the sky. We’ll be updating everyone when a brand new, shiny pressure canner comes our way.
That said, now for the good news! Fall is finally hitting us in Boston with its usual mix of reds, golds, and oranges (and terribly schizophrenic weather patterns). So we are rotating out our warm weather shortbread flavors, anise and rosemary lemon, for two that are great to enjoy with a warm mug of tea or coffee.
We are now offering Cinnamon-Allspice, a deeply spiced cookie reminiscent of pumpkin pie. With cinnamon being an obligatory fall offering we decided to pair it with allspice, a sadly less popular flavor that we think deserves its moment in the spotlight. Allspice adds a deep sweetness to the cinnamon spice of this cookie.
Also in the shop is Serious Cocoa Shortbread. We worked with a few different chocolate shortbread recipes and found this one on accident. No kidding, these shortbreads taste like the last sip of a cup of hot chocolate– you know, where all the good stuff has settled on the bottom. Who knew chocolate shortbread and cocoa shortbread were two different things?
On Recycling
Posted: October 1, 2010 Filed under: announcements Leave a comment »
This is what I was met with upon opening a box that contained shipping material for our new packaging. If anyone has ordered from us, they know that we like to use recycled materials whenever possible especially in our shipping practices. If you have ordered from us, you know that we pack boxes with shredded newspaper.
Needless to say, this sight made my cringe– Styrofoam? Ick. What do I do with this?! Well, here’s a warning to those who ordered in the big rush that came when we were featured in Tasting Table: you’re getting re-purposed peanuts.
Oh yes, we did.
Fig & Kindle at Dessert Girl
Posted: September 22, 2010 Filed under: announcements Leave a comment »Fig & Kindle has been featured on the blog Dessert Girl: Where design and dessert meet. Check out the post as well as the rest of Erin’s lovely blog!
