Baskets
Celebrate fall or warm up for winter with a basket of everything you need. A combination of salt, wine, chocolate & flowers will keep you in the pink as the weather cools. Pick from our own selection of pre-designed baskets, or put together one for yourself. Click here to start assembling your perfect basket.
Plus, baskets are handy for packing or storing things, and Mark has a bunch of new salts (somewhere in the neighborhood of a dozen), so if you haven’t tried Kona or Timbuktu or Fiori di Trapani, come by and we’ll sort you out with something new.
Three New Classes at The Meadow
The Meadow will host three public classes in November and December. If you would like to arrange a private event, give us a call!
Bitters and Vermouth – 11/23/2009 – Bitters and vermouth, the two powerhouses of flavor in the world ofcocktail mixing. Gone are the days when a sticky bottle ofsupermarket-industrial vermouth gathered dust in the back of thecupboard, and the bitters bottle lurked eternally, an ancient thingforgotten in the shadows.
The Meadow now offers a huge selectionof the finest artisan bitters of the world: cardamom, whisky barrel,celery, rhubarb, lavender, and many more! And vermouths, from the gentlecaress of Dolin dry to the volcanic passion of Punt e Mes, there is nobetter way to take your drinks to their limits of flavor, aroma, andbody. This tasting class will take in the new vista of artisan-madebitters and vermouths, discuss how and why they’re made, and dive into waysto use them to their full potential. Must be 21 years of age to attend!Plenty of sipping included.
Monday, November 23, 2009 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm – $25 – Remember to print out your online receipt and bring it with you for admittance.
Click here to purchase tickets for this class>>
Artisan Salt Tasting – 11/9/2009 – Once you start to think about salt as a strategic ingredient in your cooking, everything changes. This class will explore how to take advantage of the unique character of artisan salts, from the classic fleur de sel to the novel smoked salt. During a survey of the basic types of artisansalt we’ll discuss novel but immensely effective approaches to using salt in every food from snacks like popcorn and guacamole, to dinners like leg of lamb and mushroom risotto, to desserts like tarte tatin and semifreddo. And we won’t forget cocktails. The event now includes a demonstration of cooking on Himalayan Salt Blocks. The class is accompanied by wine, plus there’s always a bite of chocolate to send you off into the night. Space is verylimited, so sign up quick!
Monday, November 9, 2009 – 6:00pm to 7:30pm – $20 – Remember to print out your online receipt and bring it with you for admittance.
Click here to purchase tickets for this class>>
Chocolate, from Bean to Bar- 12/7/2009 – The chocolate bar: dark and impenetrable, an immaculate mystery wrappedin silver foil. Chocolate bars are the ultimate way to experience thefull complexity of chocolate, and the only way to explore theinnumerable variations in color, aroma, mouth-feel, and flavor. Join usfor an exploration of chocolate, from the humble bean slipping aroundinside the silken purse of a cacao pod in a tropical rainforest to themasterpieces in dark and milk chocolate calling like polychrome parrotsfrom the shelves of your favorite chocolate shops. We’ll tastechocolate in its various forms along the way, savor the art of seriouschocolate tasting, and finish with a few creative ideas for enjoying onyour own. Wine included.
Monday, December 7, 2009 – 7:00pm – 8:30pm – $25 – Remember to print out your online receipt and bring it with you for admittance.
Click here to purchase tickets for this class>>
Seven Salt Blocks Fresh in from the Salt Mines!
Seven of our most popular salt blocks are now back in stock and ready for your fruit, cheese, fish, steak, sushi, salads, and more. We carry the widest selection of salt plates, platters, bricks, and bowls in the world so that you can find the perfect block for your culinary needs.
Wholesale supplies available.
2×2x2 Cubes
9×9x2 Extra Large Blocks
8×8x2 Large Blocks
8×4x0.75 Serving Trays
8×2x0.75 Sushi Sticks
6×9x2 Large Tiles
4×4x4 Large Cubes
Parameswaran’s Pepper is Back in Stock!
Playful and a touch wild, but sophisticated and regal, like a Ferris wheel in the Tuilleries of Paris, crack this pepper and release the unfathomable depths of the world’s greatest pepper. Parameswaran’s Black Pepper is a mixture of Karimunda and Panniyor varieties of black pepper, specially selected for their flavor and quality. The vines grow up to 30 to 40 feet high on host trees (silver oaks) and are harvested only when fully ripened on the vine. A vine may
be harvested 10 to 12 times by men who climb bamboo poles made specially to prevent damage to the vines. After drying and cleaning, the pepper is immediately packed on the plantation to preserve its peak flavor.
Each jar of Parameswaran’s Black Pepper is about six inches tall and includes whole stems with the peppercorns still attached. Just put the pepper, stem and all, into your pepper mill and you’re good to go! Click here to buy.
We think it’s in a class by itself, the finest black pepper in the world.
Parameswaran’s White Pepper is more intense, with clear, wonderful floral notes setting it in a class by itself among white peppers. It comes from ripe (black) berries that are soaked in daily changes of spring water for 20 days before the outer black husk is removed. The result is an entirely different, fresher range of flavors and an almost imperceptibly more aggressive heat. We can’t get enough. Try it on melted goat cheese & frisée salad and Marlborough Flakey sea salt. Click here to buy.
New Artisan Bitters on the Shelves, Plus Wines Now Available Online
With colder months ahead of us and the fixing for grandma’s roast hen with winter roots suddenly suddenly back in the fridge (salted with sel gris!), it’s time to think of the wines that will bring comfort and spice to your meals. We’ve expanded our selection in the last few weeks, and brought most everything we carry to our website to boot. Over 90 new wines are up online, and we’re working on reviews for each. Please feel free to share your thoughts!
We’ve also continued to expand our selection of artisan bitters. Cocktails, coffee, ice cream, waffle batter, sauces, you name it, bitters offer amazing ways to make fun and creative new dishes, or add a special extra flavor to your cocktails. Celery, chocolate, lavender, peach, orange, and more – we have the tartness, zest, sweetness, and pungency you need to make your drinks distinctive and lively. Click here to see our full selection.
We hope to see you in the shop or at a class!
Jennifer & Mark Bitterman
The Meadow
salt – chocolate – wine – flowers
503-288-4633 – 3731 N. Mississippi Ave. – Portland Or
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