Salt and Straw is a FABULOUS ice creamery with four locations in LA and roots in Portland, Oregon. If you haven’t been there, you need to visit! It’s the most ingenious and innovative shop with flavors that will surprise your palate and make your mouth grin in the enjoyment of the flavors. You can walk yourself through the store testing different flavors and then choose your favorite! If you can find just one, kudos to you. You have better self-control than I do!
WHAT: Salt & Straw, the iconic family-run ice cream purveyor known for its artisanal, chef-driven approach to an American classic, is now scooping flavors from its New Year’s Indulgences series until January 27th. Churned locally in small batches and conceived of by Co-Founder/Head Ice Cream Maker Tyler Malek, the five-flavor lineup – which includes Happy Birthday Elvis, Santa Barbara Pistachio Spumoni, Meyer Lemon Meringue Pie, Candied Clementine Almond Cake, and Grapefruit Champagne Sorbet – channels the glamour of the new year by showcasing seasonal flavors in a bold and decadent way. Flavors will be available by the scoop and pint at the Larchmont Village, Abbot Kinney, Studio City, and Arts District locations all month. For more information, visit saltandstraw.com/flavors/#la.
WHEN: Friday, December 30th – Friday, January 27th, 2017
FLAVORS:
· Happy Birthday Elvis
January 8th is forever engrained in history as The King’s birthday and each year we pay tribute with a flavor composed of his favorite things: bacon, bananas, and peanut butter. This year, we’ve whipped up a lightly spiced banana custard ice cream with chunks of peanut butter bacon cookie dough, finished with a swirl of marionberry jam. You can’t help falling in love with this flavor!
· Santa Barbara Pistachio Spumoni
They say eating green foods around New Year will bring good luck. Or, it’s a jump start on the classic New Year’s resolution of eating healthier. Whichever you prefer to indulge in, we have you covered with our own green goods from the Santa Barbara Pistachio Co. Our candied pistachios are made with sugar and vanilla, then blended with pistachio oil into a sweet praline butter that is then churned into a silky ice cream. We layer chocolate from Portland’s Pitch Dark in a stracciatella inspired manner for a subtle cocoa crunch. And to top it all off, candied pistachios and luxardo cherries provide the perfect sweet finish!
· Meyer Lemon Meringue Pie
This flavor brings with it an air of nostalgia for the traditional lemon meringue pie. We upgrade ours with Nilla wafer ice cream, made with the classic cookie roasted to golden brown perfection and steeped in cream, filled with housemade meyer lemon curd and gooey marshmallow fluff. Who can resist the best of both worlds – pie in a cone!
· Candied Clementine Almond Cake
Taking full advantage of the ripe California Clementine’s in January, we took a page from French cuisine with its candied orange approach, traditionally made by pricking a tangerine with a pin and placing it in refreshed sugar syrup every few days until the fruit is translucent. We did the same with our Clementine’s to highlight the zesty sweetness of the fruit. These pieces are then stirred in a toasted almond ice cream with chunks of olive oil almond cake for an unforgettable combination of texture and flavor!
· Grapefruit Champagne Sorbet (v)
The holiday parties don’t have to end in December! This black-tie cocktail party in a cone is inspired by New Year’s Eve champagne that we are prolonging throughout all of January. We are combining local grapefruits with sparkling wine from Temecula’s South Coast Winery for a fruity, fizzy, and dairy free delicacy! This upscale flavor also has notes of juniper, cardamom, lavender, sarsaparilla, coriander, anise, and dried sweet orange peels for a gourmet taste appropriate even for the most glamorous occasion!
WHERE: Available at all four Salt & Straw locations in LA!
· 240 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA – (323) 466-0485
· 1357 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA – (310) 310-8429
· 12180 ½ Ventura Blvd, Los Angeles, CA – (818) 358-2890
· 829 E. 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA – (213) 988-7070
WEBSITE: www.saltandstraw.com
ABOUT SALT & STRAW:
Salt & Straw Ice Cream is a chef-driven ice cream kitchen with scoop shops in Portland and Los Angeles that partners with local artisans, producers and farmers to serve unusually creative and absolutely delicious ice cream. Each ice cream is handmade in small batches using only all natural cream from local farms in each city. Flavors showcase the best local, organic and sustainable ingredients from Oregon and Southern California farmers and artisans as well as imported flavors from small hand-picked farms from around the world. The company started in Portland, OR serving eight flavors from an ice cream cart in May of 2011 and now has three scoop shops in Portland and four in LA. Scoops of handmade, small batch ice creams, sundaes, milkshakes and floats as well as pints to go are available at each with an ice cream sommelier of sorts who will gladly take you through a tasting of all the flavors. Favorites, seasonal, design your own variety packs and pint club memberships are available for online purchase and can be shipped anywhere in the United States. Salt & Straw’s ice cream cart is available for catering parties and events. In April of 2016, Salt & Straw opened Wiz Bang Bar at Pine Street Market, a soft serve dessert bar featuring fresh spins on the childhood swirl, sundaes, novelties, and more. Find more information at www.saltandstraw.com or call 971-271-8168. Follow us on Facebook at Salt and Straw Ice Cream, Twitter and Instagram: @SaltandStraw.
Stevie Wilson,
LA-Story.com
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