1) Where does your passion for food come from?
My passion for food is inspired by the natural bounty of the San Juan Islands. Everywhere I look the land and sea are providing incredible delicacies from wild berries to fruit-laden trees to tiny sea salt crystals. Bringing the wonder and beauty of the outdoors to the kitchen table is an absolute joy.
2) Where is your favorite place to eat?
My favorite place to eat is around our family’s big dining room table. I love having three generations all eating together and savoring fresh salads from our gardens; freshly picked corn, potatoes and tomatoes; wild-caught silver salmon from Dad’s boat; and a rhubarb pie from Mom’s decades-old rhubarb plant. Our family tends to get pretty raucous around the table with wild laughter and convivial banter. And of course, eating at home gives us easy access to all our favorite sea salt products. Yum!
3) Tell us about a new product you are working on.
We are currently working on a flake salt to add to our lineup of sea salt products. Typically flake salt is produced by boiling salt water and skimming the flakey crystals from the top. But boiled sea salt can require as much as two pounds of liquid fossil fuel to make one pound of salt! Here at our farm, all of our salt is produced simply by evaporating the water with the power of the sun and wind. As far as we know, we will be the first salt farmers to offer flake salt that hasn’t been boiled.
4) What will our fans find at your booth this fall?
Fans will be able to find an array of culinary gifts all centered around our beautiful sea salt. We have many variations on this product including organic herb blends, smoked salts and peppers, grinders, gift sets and our favorite sweet treat–salted honey caramels.
5) Where do you source your ingredients?
Our salt comes directly from the Salish Sea. When you taste our salt you are tasting the minerals that make up our local waters. Most table salt is 99% pure sodium chloride, but we love the delicious tastes of the trace minerals that make our local sea unique to any other place on earth.
