Now available in shops across New York and Connecticut and online, Silda’s Jam isn’t positioned as an everyday item. “We don’t see ourselves as just being a condiment,” she says. “Because of the way we do our packaging. It makes a perfect gift. It’s kind of a special thing when you get it.”
Lunch and Jam with New York First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer. Join Brett Barry for a delightful culinary and conversational journey with Silda Wall Spitzer in her Hudson Valley home. In this episode, we explore Silda's gourmet jam business and taste a unique grilled cheese featuring brie and blueberry elderflower jam.
Mastromonaco isn’t the only high-powered personality having a jamming moment. She notes that Brook Shields and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are also in the preserves space...In 2020, New York’s former First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer, who grew up canning preserves in North Carolina, turned her family tradition into a full-fledged business.
This is not your grandma’s jam! This is the jam of former First Lady of New York State, Silda Wall Spitzer, whose love of jam-making morphed into sharing her delicious jam with the Hudson Valley and beyond when she created Silda’s Jam. We were able to catch up with her recently and talk no more about her jam venture and adventures.