“Welcome to Portland, as in Oregon, the land of milk and honey — also coffee, tea, beer, wine, game, berries, crab, salmon, ice cream in flavors lifted from food trucks and olive oil that chefs compare favorably to Italy’s liquid gold.”… Read the rest
The Meadow
The Meadow Opens 500 Chocolate Bars for Tasting
This sounds pretty great, so I thought I’d post it here. The Meadow, opened another salt and chocolate shop over on NW 23rd last year. Now they are opening all 500 chocolate bars for tasting, beginning July 1st.… Read the rest
Portland Businesses Get Love From O Magazine
O Magazine (Oprah), has published their first food issue, and Portland businesses did quite well. Salt & Straw, Olympia Provisions and Mark Bitterman from The Meadow are mentioned. According to a press release,
After taste testing their way through more than 50 different ice creams they chose Salt & Straw’s Arbequina Olive Oil as one of their favorite new ice creams and also recognized Salt & Straw’s collaborative partners, Olympic Provisions and their chorizo and The Meadow’s Mark Bitterman’s top salt choices.”… Read the rest
The Meadow: Singing the Praises of Salt
“Everyone’s Lives Would Be So Much Better If They Just Used The Right Salt.”
Mark Bitterman, Local Selmelier
A wonderful thing about Portland is our growing community of small specialty food purveyors. Many of these are based on single obsessions: the perfect latte with foam so pretty and detailed that pictures of it could be framed and hung in a gallery, tiny sophisticated graphic chocolates that are handled more like fine jewels than simple candy store confections, or a pizzeria where if you dare even mutter the words “I’d like Canadian Bacon and Pineapple on that,” you will be given a look so cold it could turn a fresh and hot bubbling pie into a frozen one.… Read the rest
Portland Meadow Salts in the NY Times
There is a nice mention of The Meadow in the Sunday NY Times. Foremost, the gourmet store is well-known for its vast selection of salt. The Bitterman’s opened their first store on Mississippi Avenue in Portland in 2000 and expanded to New York City about a year ago.… Read the rest