The Ice Creamist

For our Student Inventor Series, we turn over the flavor creation to the 4th graders themselves. Lana B. from Ms. Jill’s Class at Larchmont Charter in L.A. bestowed upon us...

School's back in session—which means our shops are serving up scoops invented by fourth-graders themselves. For the seventh year, we teamed up with schools in our neighborhoods to give students...

We all know farmers markets are a hub for boosting local economies and providing residents with fresh produce, but they're also becoming a hotbed for sustainability initiatives. For our August...

[video width="854" height="480" mp4="https://saltandstraw.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Salt-and-Straw-CUT-4.2-SUBTITLE_480.mp4" poster="https://saltandstraw.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rudy-and-tyler-salt-and-straw-1.jpg"][/video] Marsha Habib didn't set out to be a farmer. "When you're growing up in the United States, it's not one of those occupations you answer...

Strolling through a farmers market during the height of August we get easily mesmerized by rainbows of carrots, peak zucchini, and perfectly ripe heirloom tomatoes. Most see the ingredients for...

When a friend gave Jennifer Bloeser a wasabi plant twenty years ago, she had no idea what it had in store for her. But before she knew it, she was...

Finnriver Farm & Cidery's craft ciders are the kind of drink you can feel good about consuming. And we’re not talking about ABV. In these days of “sustainable,” “community-minded,” and...

The inspiration behind our July flavors. We were certainly not the first ones to stick berries into ice cream—but we do claim to love berry ice creams the most. Being...

Warning: This is the sweetest engagement story you'll ever read. In August 2018, when Derek Lu and his partner, Anh, moved from NYC to Seattle, they landed a sweet new...

Cheesy. Caramelized. Goodness. We're always inventing unbelievable things here at Salt & Straw, but we have a special creation hitting the waffle irons at our scoop shop on NW 23rd...

The "humans" of Salt & Straw are the scoopers and staffers, super fans and first-timers who make up our big ice cream family—and what we do every day so darn...

FORAGING FOR FLAVOR To find some of the ingredients for our camping-inspired menu, we hit the great outdoors. [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://saltandstraw.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Salt-and-Straw-CUT-7.0-2.mp4" poster="https://saltandstraw.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Screen-Shot-2019-06-11-at-4.18.06-PM.png"][/video]   We're no strangers to experimenting with...