This is Our Jam
JamSessionJams is a labor of love that combines family traditions, fun in the kitchen and an ulterior motive of bringing people together. Maria Boulden started the company in early 2023 after learning to make jams and jellies from her late dad. It's one of many ways she tries to keep him close. But not being one for tradition, her jams include the usual favorites (like strawberry, blueberry and peach) but go outside the norm with flavors like fig with thyme and honey, cherry bourbon, mango ghost and even floral jellies made from peony, daylily and red bud tree blossoms.
Maria graduated summa cum laude from Drexel University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Jamming is a perfect blend of chemistry and creativity. And it's a perfect evolution after 35+ years of executive leadership. She lives in Rehoboth Beach, DE with her husband Ron--the other half of the jam brain trust and chief taster along with their kids.
Maria sources nearly everything locally to her Rehoboth Beach home—for example, the name "Tommy Hots" is for Kalmar Farms owner Tommy Eliason who supplies the hot peppers. And she grows her own figs, hot peppers, flowers and herbs for other recipes within her four product lines of Sweet, Floral, Boozy and Hot—which kinda sounds like a party.
It's love on a spoon and we love spreading it!

