MONTAVILLA MARKET THANKS!

First off, thanks to everyone who helped spread the word, and came from near and far to visit Sassafras at the 2009 Montavilla Farmers Market opening last Sunday, June 21st. The weather went from warm and sunny to a bit brisk and gray, then back to warm and sunny again. Ah, that’s Oregon in June for you. Still, we were happy to see many familiar faces and meet so many new people. Check out some of our photos of the market.

Feel free to come on by this Sunday, June 28th from 10am to 2pm. We’ll be there!

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE SOUTHERN RECIPE?
It’s a Sassafras contest! As many of you know, Sassafras is all about Southern food. We’re talking things like our signature tomato pie, based on an old family recipe; black eyed pea salad; pimento cheese; and jalapeno cornbread or our one-of-a kind sunchoke relish. It’s pure homegrown comfort food that stirs the soul. Yet if there’s one thing we’ve learned during our time here in Portland, you don’t need to be Southern to love Southern food.

So, send us a link on Twitter (@SassafrasPDX) to your favorite Southern recipe by Saturday, June 27th at 11:59 PM, comment on this post below, or email us your recipe to info@sassafrascatering.com. The Sassafras team will pick out a favorite on Sunday, June 28th. Bonus points if you have a personal story about the recipe and/or let others know about the contest.

The winner gets a Montavilla Farmers Market treat of four tomato pies, two jars of our sunchoke relish and up to four cups of our bottomless iced tea. That’s a $40.00 value in Sassafras food. We’ll also feature your recipe and story on our website.

Can’t wait to see what y’all come up with!

PDX-WCR Web site

I went to the third meeting of PDX-WCR recently, and all I can say is WOW. So many inspiring, passionate women in food were there to learn more about how to market themselves and their businesses in a down economy.

I generally know a good amount about social media, having been a web designer, but I had no idea how much goes into marketing yourself and getting noticed. Lizzy Caston, of Lizzy Caston Communications and Lota LaMontagne of LAD communications provided so much information to those of us who are blindly feeling our way through this process.

Thank you, ladies, for your fantastic presentation. And thanks to Suzame for keeping us all organized as well as Susan for offering her space!