we're on!

Yes, friends, it's that time of year again. Expozine: Montreal's #1 Small Press, Comic, and Zine Fair (with a little home canning thrown in for good measure).

And yes, friends, once again that means we'll be there pushing our Švestka line of preserves, as well as some AEB printed ephemera. The fair runs from Saturday through Sunday, but we'll only be there on Saturday from 12 pm - 6 pm, so if you want to stock up on preserves, try a free sample, or just say 'hello,' you only have one day to do so.

Expozine
Saturday, November 29 and Sunday, November 30, 2008
12 pm - 6 pm
Église Saint-Enfant Jésus
(between St-Joseph and Laurier)
admission is FREE

for more information (including a complete list of vendors): www.expozine.ca

aj

J is for jam...

...and jelly.

C is for chutney.

P is for preserves.

E is for Expozine.

Expozine, Montreal's premier small press, comic, and zine extravaganza, rolls into town this Saturday and Sunday (yes, they've added a second day!), and once again, for the third year running, this means that the Švestka Preserves mobile unit will be in the house, hawking our usual assortment of jams, jellies, chutneys, and other assorted preserves. We'll only be there on Saturday, though, and this will be our only sale of the year, so be sure to swing by on Day 1 if you want to pay us a visit.

Expozine
5035 St-Dominique
Église Saint-Enfant Jésus
Saturday, November 24 and Sunday, November 25
12 pm - 6 pm

Hope to see you there!

aj

The Return of Švestka

Expozine, Montreal's premier small-press, comic and zine fair, is celebrating its 5th anniversary this Saturday, and that means Švestka Preserves Inc. is back in action! We'll be selling all your old Švestka favorites, including the one, the only pear-vanilla-bourbon butter, oignons confits (a.k.a. the opiate of the masses), and our infamous golden pear chutney, as well as some actual printed matter for the very first time. That's right, endless banqueteers, this year you'll be able to see and purchase the fruit of the "...an endless banquet" printing office's labors, including our very first "...an endless banquet" book (!) (okay, chapbook, really), when you pop by to say hello or stock up on preserves.

Come visit the "...an endless banquet" mobile unit in the basement of 5035 St. Dominique from 11 am till 6 pm.

For more information, check out our friends at Expozine here.

For a map, go here.

aj

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Mmm!! by Ivan
Originally uploaded by michelle1975.

Since we've been asked...

Many of you already know this, but our little sale at Expozine on Saturday went very well indeed. We can't be accused of having totally sold out this time around, but we came close. We showed up with just a shade over 100 jars of fine Švestka preserves, and when all was said and done we returned back home with one jar. So thank you to all of you who came out, said 'hello,' sampled our wares, and purchased a jar or two (or three, or four...). We had a wonderful time, and it was a thrill to be a part of this latest incarnation of Expozine. It's phenomenal how much they've grown in such a short period of time, and it was thrilling to be side-by-side with so much top-notch independent publishing and print work. We didn't have the time to bring along some of our own print projects--we were too busy whipping up batches of jam this time around, but if we get asked to take part in next year's show, LOOK OUT!--but we were lucky enough to have to our advertising genius, Ivan "I blow minds for a living" Marek-Cabral, along for the ride. Not only did Ivan unleash his formidable powers of persuasion on the assembled masses, but he also managed to sell and sign literally dozens of his original drawings simultaneously. It was nothing less than a command performance.

There's a pretty good chance we'll be doing another show (or two) in the upcoming weeks if you missed us on Saturday or need a refill. As always, we'll keep you up to date of any and all plans right here in these very, er, pages.

aj

Buy my preserves! pt. 2

quince-hazelnut preserve
Originally uploaded by michelle1975.

Come one, come all! This Saturday only (November 26), stock up on a selection of our Švestka-brand preserves for the holidays.

On offer: cranberry-apple-spice butter, apple-walnut-calvados preserve, pear-vanilla-bourbon butter, apple-caramel preserve, quince-hazelnut preserve, about 10 other flavours, as well as a variety of sweet and savory preserves from our brand-new Janošik line, including Devil chutney and oignons confits. Get 'em while they're hot!

Our sale will be taking place at Expozine, 5035 St. Dominique, in a church basement between Laurier and St. Joseph, and we'll be there from 11-6.

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