The Ice Creamist
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Five Incredible Ways Farmers Markets Are Battling Food Waste
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...
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Collab Lab: Meet Two Wildly Inspiring Farmers We Partnered With For 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...
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For Our August Flavors, We Went Straight To The Farm
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...
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Collab Lab: Woman-Run Oregon Coast Wasabi Spikes Our Raspberry Sorbet
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...
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Collab Lab: Finnriver Farm & Cidery
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...
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Berries Berries Berries!
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...
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Humans of Salt & Straw: Anh Tran and Derek Lu
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...
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Introducing the Stuffed Crust Waffle Cone
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...
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Humans of Salt & Straw: Sadie Morgan
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...
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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...
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Our Chocolatier Series Is Back!
Think you know chocolate? So did we. To say chocolate is steeped in a rich history is an understatement. Originating in the upper Amazon, humans have been manipulating the millennia-old...
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The Flavors that Didn’t Make it into this Month’s Guest Chef Collaboration Series
When you walk into our scoop shops this month, you’ll get to sample five awesome seasonal flavors created in collaboration with some of our favorite chefs—but what you won’t see...