Why You Should Go: The last time you made a jam, it involved an illegal U-turn that resulted in a major traffic jam on the Santa Monica Freeway. Make a much more enjoyable type of jam at Sqirl with today’s deal for any of their preserve-making or pickling classes, including a jar of preserves to take home. 

Why You'll Love It: At Sqirl, nothing beats tradition and nothing beats environmentally friendly practices. Their jams, jellies and marmalades are made with ingredients from family-owned, sustainable, certified-organic farms, local to the Sqirl kitchen. Fruit is preserved with the minimum amount of organic cane sugar and naturally occurring pectin, then crafted in small-batch copper jam pans (handspun by a nearby coppersmith, of course). 

How You’ll Jam: With a range of classes from pickling to mastering berry preserves, there’s something exciting to choose from each month. In May and June, enroll in the two-hour Exotic Berries Preserves class to learn about working with short-season mulberries from Ojai, seascape strawberries from Camarillo, and blueberries from Lompoc. You’ll get to keep things sweet at home since you’ll also take home a jar of Sqirl's famous Meyer Lemon Preserves.