Meg Hourihan’s article about making strawberry jam with her grandparents, “Strawberry Fields Forever,” makes me wish my family had similar traditions. While we suburbanites never did much in the way of jam making (or, equally exciting, maple syrup making, like Jeremy does!), I guess there are some other traditions I could learn about, like the secret to good corned beef and chopped liver and salad dressing and potato latkes. It would be fun to do jam, though.