When planning a special dinner that calls for seafood, my first stop is often Star Fish Market, 650 Village Walk, Guilford. I recently went there to pick up some of their gorgeous extra large shrimp, and then also was able to buy some asparagus, which they had sourced from Bishops’s, and some triple cream goat cheese for a starter. With the cheese, I also purchased a jar of Earth & Vine’s raspberry jalapeno jam. With a stop next door at 4 & 20 Blackbirds bakery for dessert, I was all set. It made for a great meal, everyone particularly loved the spicy jam with the cheese, and I loved the one-stop shopping for my dinner. Find out more about the jam, along with some links to recipes at www.earthnvine.com/products/raspberry-jalapeno-jam.

—Pem McNerney