Red, Red Ribbon

Thanks for your article on making strawberry jam (“I Jam, I Said,” June 16). Your recipe won second place for me at the Ventura County Fair this month. Peach jam and nectarine jam, made the same way, were both awarded honorable mentions. And this was the first time I’ve made jam. Most of my cooking is either outdoors on the grill or baking bread. Please pass the ribbon on. You really won it.

--ED VON ESSEN

Ventura