Salt Café

02/28/2018

Hey Salt Friends!

I'm starting a cooking advice column called "Dear Salt." And, since preparing food is about love, and pleasure, and joy, and health, and community, and economics, and seduction -- about life, really -- I wish for the queries to be wide ranging.

Who will ask the question that I answer in my first column, next Wednesday? It could be you! Send your burning questions (haha) to [email protected]. The person with the most compelling inquiry -- the one I end up featuring next week -- can choose an Every Table VT cooking class to attend for free.

12/20/2017

Hey, wonderful former Salt customers! I’ve started a new school for home cooks, Every Table VT and I’d love for you to “like” it!

I’ll be teaching classes that range from basic kitchen skill-building all the way up to deep dives into in-depth culinary topics (such as how to make ramen from scratch, for instance). I’ll be using recipes from Salt in many of my classes.

There will be plenty of public classes in the Burlington area, but I also teach private lessons in people’s homes, on pretty much any topic they desire.

And, I offer cooking “makeovers,” to help you move from the way you cook now to the way you wish to cook.

Cheers!

04/14/2017

Hey Salt friends... I'll be doing some pop-up dinners this spring and summer. Are there any dishes or themes from Salt that you'd like to revisit? Can't wait to cook for you, again. More details soon!

11/20/2015

Miss Salt? Try this! I'll be cooking a super special 5-course goose dinner on December 5, and Shacksbury Cider will do 5 pairings. There will be goose-fat gingerbread, and spots are limited...

http://www.shacksbury.com/events/2015/12/5/five-course-pairing-dinner-at-salt-in-montpelier-vt

Reserve Seats We're teaming up with Suzanne Podhaizer of Salt to bring you a delicious 5-course dinner celebrating the goose -- a delicious holiday tradition in many parts of Europe. Suzanne raised the geese, along with Wesley Bascom, at their farm, Gozzard City. Guests can purchase a certified orga…

10/08/2015

It's goose time! We'll be serving goose at Salt every weekend through the end of the year, and handing out samples at the Capital City Farmers' Market Montpelier Vermont, so you can try before you buy! This year's organic birds are $8 lb. Last year's conventional birds are on sale for $5.50 lb. Recipes and email cooking support available for all customers.

Perfect for a memorable fall meal!

08/19/2015

Grab a Localvore Today coupon and come in for a 3, 5 or 7-course menu! For the next two weeks we've got chilled corn soup; clams with tomato & bacon broth; and sweet-tea-braised pork with greens.

Located in Montpelier, Salt Café opens only on weekends, offering unique, ever-changing menus that reflect the best of what area producers – such as Bear Roots Farm, Joe's Brook Farm, Provender Farm, and Gozzard City – have to offer. The new, 3-course menu consists of a salad, main course, and desse…

08/18/2015

Southern Tasting Menu
August 21 & 22, August 29 (closed on August 28 for a private party)

3-course (NEW! $35), 5-course ($50) or 7-course ($75)
Seatings at 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 (& 8:30 on busier nights)

~ chilled corn soup, lime aioli, red chile
~ head lettuce, toasted pecans, Bayley-Hazen blue, watermelon vinaigrette
~ scallion & pimento cheese grits, pickles
~ clams, bacon & tomato broth, cherry tomatoes, arugula*
~ chicken, caramelized onion & peanut sauce, slaw
~ sweet-tea braised pork, greens*
~ flourless chocolate cake; TBD

* the 3-course menu includes a salad, chef's choice entrée & the dessert sampler
* starred dishes on 7-course menu, only

Reservations are strongly requested. Call 229-6678 to make yours!

08/07/2015

Circus Smirkus is in town, and we're serving a "three-ring" tasting menu in their honor!

5-course ($50) or 7-course ($75)
Seatings at 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 (& 8:30 on busier nights)

~ baby greens, toasted pumpkin seeds, roasted carrot rounds, corn, mustard-molasses vinaigrette
~ heirloom tomato salad, orange & herb drizzle, artisan cheese, salt
~ egg-yolk raviolo, herbed ricotta, eggplant*
~ house-smoked salmon, fennel aioli, white cucumber
~ roasted chicken, peanut sauce, wilted kale
~ root-beer-braised pork*
~ flourless chocolate cake; circus cake; caramel panna cotta

*starred dishes on 7-course menu, only

Reservations are strongly requested. Call 229-6678 to make yours!

08/03/2015

As of today, Hel's Kitchen VT LLC is sharing space with Salt, offering themed takeout dinners Monday through Thursday (plus a sit-down dinner on Thursday evenings, by reservation)! Helen...save a potato chip cookie for me!

See the menu these notes are written about (with takeout order form) here . Picnic Menu - Monday and Tuesday My mother claims that food writer Laurie Colwin once said a picnic is an excuse to eat a bag of potato chips for dinner. I've not been able to find this quote, but it seems like something sh…

07/29/2015

Our collaboration with Circus Smirkus begins this weekend, and lasts until the season finale in Greensboro. Our "three-ring" menu will include egg-yolk ravioli; heirloom tomato salad; chicken with peanut sauce; and pork braised in root beer! (Photos courtesy of Lime)