Dear Friends,
The rumors are true! After years of filling up all of my pantry space with jams, jellies, butters and pickles made of the neat things I find at farmer’s markets and specialty shops, I decided that it was time to throw the doors open and share the wealth. Thus was born Bakerina Kitchens, the place where you can find the answers to questions like “I wonder what paradise jelly tastes like?” or “Damsons? what the heck are those?”
Because we are a brand-spanking-new enterprise, I will be only be offering preserves for now. I have a pantry full of apple butter, paradise jelly, crabapple jelly and damson butter, waiting to travel from beautiful, uptown Astoria, Queens, NYC, to your own kitchen. Since we went live on March 10, I have already received inquiries as to whether I will be shipping baked goods, such as bread, cake or pie. The short answer is that I’d love to, but some things (like pie) require more shipping ingenuity than others (like sandwich bread), and I don’t want to disappoint anyone by promising you a nice cherry pie if it will basically be pie shake by the time it reaches your front door. That would not be cool, not at all.
Thank you for taking time to visit! Do continue to drop by; as the seasons progress and new items become available, I’ll be posting information about them here. Feel free to drop me an email at if you have any questions, or if you’d just like to say hi.
Cheers,
Jen (a/k/a Bakerina)





