Culinary Schools in Berkeley, California

June Taylor makes preserves, fruit butters, syrups, marmalades and fruit specialties by hand, such as candied citrus peel, in the style of long-forgotten country cooks. Her fruits are sourced from local organic farmers, and she grows many of her own herbs.

Her products are sold at local farmer's markets and also at her little 4th Street Still Room store. The shop has a limited selection of her unusual merchandise such as silver lime and ginger marmalade, fruit cheese or quince and rose geranium butter.

She also offers classes in preserving fruit so you can learn to make your own jams the old-fashioned way.

For years, one of the owners of Spun Sugar was teased by friends that she had so many cooking supplies and cake decorations in her house she could start her own business. In the mid-nineties, she decided to listen to those friends, and co-founded Spun Sugar. Walking the aisles of this store is like taking a stroll through Martha Stewart's wildest fantasies come to life. It offers a wide variety of cake decorations, cooking classes, supplies, mixes and bulk chocolate for all the aspring pastry chefs out there, as well as fresh truffles, cupcakes, and cookies for those who appreciate their work.