Category: Good for You

Local corn in the market is the sure signal that the summer harvest is nigh. It’s a fine time to sit on the porch and husk away while the children play kick the can. (Alternatively you could come to Salty’s, sit on the deck with a luscious lemonade, kick back and let us do the…

The tomato is a beautiful thing. This heavy, juicy, racy-red orb is the epitome of rewards for a summer well spent in the garden. Amazingly, 93 percent of all home gardeners grow tomatoes in their many shapes and sizes. There are over 25,000 tomato varieties grown around the world, all revered for their taste, beauty…

Why not let our local fruits and vegetables get fresh with you? We brazenly do that here at Salty’s and there are many reasons why. The biggest is that our primary goal is to bring you the ripest, rosy cheeked, freshest and most nutritious foods that come from the Northwest, each in their season. Delicious!…

Back in the good old days, Alaska was known for its Gold Rush. Times have changed and now the big news from up north is the revered “Copper Rush.” A few days ago my husband Gerry and our Chef Jeremy dashed up to Cordova, Alaska, to be on hand for the catch of the first Copper…

We’ve hit the springtime good weather streak and warmer temperatures are here to stay. At Salty’s we are firing up the grill for you every day, rain or shine. On it we are sizzling up a plethora of delicious foods and one of them is beef. Since our chefs just got back from inspecting our…

There’s a fish fight going on inside my head and I can’t decide which freshly caught variety will win. Our fishmonger is all about Halibut and our Chef Jeremy is set on Salmon, and they are both freshly caught and newly arriving to Salty’s kitchens. What a delicious contest! In one corner we have Halibut,…

I saw them just the other day, they’re coming out of winter hibernation. They begin their stalking about March every year — giving you that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. This year I’m going avoid them. Yes, that’s it, I’ll run as fast as I can in the other direction. Sigh, okay,…