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OC<br />

W A V E S<br />

THE MAGAZINE FOR THE OREGON COAST<br />

VOL <strong>1.5</strong><br />

DECEMBER 2020


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W A V E S<br />

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Editor<br />

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Advertising Sales<br />

Teresa Barnes<br />

Kathy Wyatt<br />

Natalie Lane<br />

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Contributing Writers<br />

News-Times Staff<br />

Kenneth Lipp<br />

Michael Heinbach<br />

Katie Wiley<br />

Photographers<br />

Jeremy Burke<br />

Casey Felton<br />

About the Cover Shot<br />

I was lucky to get this shot one day when<br />

exploring the Yaquina Head. Eagles are<br />

common on the <strong>Oregon</strong> coast. I did have to<br />

stay in one place for 45 mins ready to go in<br />

case this beauty saw something worth flying<br />

for. Photo by Jeremy Burke<br />

P.7<br />

Newport Florist & Gifts gets<br />

a new Home<br />

P.28<br />

Celeste’s Pecan Pie recipe<br />

P.13<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Gift Guide -<br />

shop locally in 2020<br />

P.30<br />

The Largest Wasabi Farm in<br />

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contents<br />

P.42<br />

2020 - some extra photos to enjoy<br />

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ARTISTRY WITH FLOWERS<br />

STORY STEVE CARD | PHOTOS BY JEREMY BURKE


NEWPORT FLORIST MOVES TO NEW LOCATION<br />

ewport Florist and Gifts is in a new home, opening<br />

in mid-September after making the move 1738 N<br />

<strong>Coast</strong> Highway. It’s actually a location that has a<br />

flowery history, having housed Barbara’s Blossom Shop for<br />

many years before the building changed uses.<br />

Shop owner Tarrah Richardson said the move to the former<br />

florist shop “is really fun because a lot of people are excited<br />

about that aspect of it, which I think is neat.”<br />

Richardson said she had eyed that location several years ago.<br />

“I’ve always been interested in this location. Before my<br />

husband and I moved to the area, we kind of came on a tour<br />

of the <strong>Oregon</strong> coast. And when we came to Newport, this spot<br />

was available — that was like 2013. I looked at this space but<br />

the rent was pretty high.”<br />

Instead of opening her own florist shop at that time, she and<br />

Ryan decided to open CrossFit Newport at 710 NE Third St.,<br />

and Tarrah went to work for the former owner of Newport<br />

Florist and Gifts, Carla Williams.<br />

“I’ve been a florist for 26 years. Carla Williams hired me, and<br />

by December 2014, I knew she wanted to sell. We bought it in<br />

March 2015,” she said.<br />

Tarrah and Ryan own and operate both businesses, and for<br />

the last five years, she has been running the florist shop at<br />

its previous location at Newport’s Bay Bridge Mall. Although<br />

she liked that space, it was somewhat hidden from view, so<br />

she began checking out other spaces. She and Ryan looked<br />

are more than a half dozen locations and ultimately had the<br />

opportunity to move to the spot they had looked at years<br />

before. They spent almost two weeks doing interior work,<br />

painting every single surface, pouring self-leveling concrete on<br />

the floors, and installing a new front door and garage door.<br />

“We’re going to put new fencing in back. It’s still in process,”<br />

she said.<br />

“This building is great. And one of the things I really love<br />

about this space is I love to do classes, and it just has a lot more<br />

room. And it has the space for the walk-in cooler.”<br />

Richardson said, “The whole thing I would like to convey … is<br />

Newport Florist is artistry with flowers. It’s about the art form<br />

of floral design. That’s what really separates us from the things<br />

you can get at the grocery store or whatnot.”


She also tries to support the local community through her<br />

business. “I love to buy local flowers, greens,” Richardson said.<br />

“We can buy from people who are growing those things in<br />

their yards or their property because then those flowers are<br />

super fresh, and it’s sort of helping them.”<br />

In addition to floral arrangements, Newport Florist has a<br />

good selection of plants, “plants in nicer containers, and some<br />

plants that you can’t get elsewhere,” Richardson said.<br />

As far as the gift portion of the business, “in my 26 years as<br />

a florist, most of my bosses have carried a gift shop plus a<br />

florist,” Richardson said, “but there’s a lot of great gift shops<br />

in Newport, so my gifts are kind of limited to what I can sell<br />

with flowers. I carry some bath and beauty products, some<br />

gourmet coffee and chocolates, balloons.”<br />

Newport Florist can deliver anywhere in Lincoln County for<br />

an additional charge, and people can order flowers directly<br />

through the website — NewportFloral.com. “I love my website<br />

because it’s all pictures of things we’ve made here and<br />

photographed and then uploaded to our website,” she said.<br />

Richardson also enjoys the opportunity to offer classes<br />

to people in the community. Recently, a group of<br />

people gathered to create Halloween centerpieces.<br />

“Thanksgiving centerpieces is one (class) we have coming<br />

up, and a Christmas wreath class is coming up,” she said,<br />

“whatever is in season. I was thinking after the New Year we<br />

would do a succulent class, where people would put together<br />

a little succulent in a wood box or a vase or something like<br />

that. It’s just kind of a fun experience to come over here, have<br />

a glass of wine, make something pretty and take it home. And<br />

learn some things, too, like the tricks of floral design.”<br />

She also offers some multi-session classes. “Right now we’re<br />

in the middle of a 10-week floral design class, kind of like the<br />

fundamentals of floral design. This next year, I’m going to<br />

have one kind of like that about weddings.”<br />

People can learn about classes on Newport Florist’s Facebook<br />

and Instagram pages, and they can also get on an email list<br />

by calling the shop at 541-265-8262 or emailing flowerart.<br />

newport@gmail.com.<br />

Richarson said she also has plans for the future. “One of the<br />

things I really want to do is set up one of my tables to be a<br />

DIY (do it yourself) station. Somebody could come in and<br />

say, ‘Oh, it’s my sister’s birthday tomorrow,’ and I’ll facilitate<br />

you making an arrangement for your sister. I’ve never seen it<br />

before, but I think it would be really cool.<br />

“We have this nice big space on the side of the building,” she<br />

added, “so Ryan wants to build a big covered patio out there<br />

and sell some outdoor plants. We’d like to have some nursery<br />

things out there. I’d also like to eventually offer things like<br />

coffee and tea, maybe scones or something.<br />

Newport Florist and Gifts is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,<br />

Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.<br />

They are closed on Sunday.


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THE OREGON COAST GIFT GUIDE<br />

LOCAL<br />

GIFT IDEAS<br />

ALL PHOTOS BY<br />

JEREMY BURKE<br />

NEWPORT FLORIST & GIFTS


STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

LOCAL OCEAN SEAFOODS<br />

GRUMBLEFISH MUSIC<br />

CHILDISH TENDENCIES<br />

FREED GALLERY<br />

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WIND DRIFT GALLERY<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES


NEWPORT ACE HARDWARE AND OUTDOOR OREGON COAST WASABI BEAR VALLEY NURSERY<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

101 LOCAL by SPECIFICALLY PACIFIC<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

JOVI<br />

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JOVI<br />

NEWPORT ACE HARDWARE AND OUTDOOR<br />

OCEANIC ARTS STYX, STONES N’ BONES GRUMBLEFISH MUSIC<br />

CHILDISH TENDENCIES<br />

AGO TATTOO AND PIERCING


BREACH THE MOON GALLERY<br />

GRUMBLEFISH MUSIC<br />

BEAR VALLEY NURSERY<br />

JOVI<br />

OREGON COAST WASABI<br />

FEED CORRAL<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

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BEAR VALLEY NURSERY<br />

OREGON COAST WASABI<br />

NEWPORT FLORIST & GIFTS<br />

FEED CORRAL<br />

NEWPORT ACE HARDWARE AND OUTDOOR<br />

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JOVI<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES


101 LOCAL by SPECIFICALLY PCIFIC STYX, STONES N’ BONES WIND DRIFT GALLERY<br />

NEWPORT FLORIST & GIFTS<br />

JOVI<br />

KARL’S CARVINGS GRUMBLEFISH MIUSIC<br />

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JOVI<br />

BEAR VALLEY NURSERY<br />

WIND DRIFT GALLERY CHILDISH TENDENCIES STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

WIND DRIFT GALLERY


NEWPORT ACE HARDWARE AND OUTDOOR<br />

FREED GALLERY<br />

OREGON COAST WASABI<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

101 LOCAL by SPECIFICALLY PACIFIC<br />

NEWPORT FLORIST & GIFTS<br />

BEAR VALLEY NURSERY<br />

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STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

NEWPORT FLORIST & GIFTS<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

FEED CORRAL<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

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FREED GALLERY<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES


101 LOCAL by SPECIFICALLY PACIFIC JOVI GRUMBLEFISH MUSIC<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

BEAR VALLEY NURSERY<br />

BEAR VALLEY NURSERY<br />

GRUMBLEFISH MUSIC<br />

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GRUMBLEFISH MUSIC<br />

NEWPORT ACE HARDWARE AND OUTDOOR<br />

STYX, STONES N’ BONES FREED GALLERY STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

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STYX, STONES N’ BONES<br />

CHILDISH TENDENCIES


BEAR VALLEY NURSERY<br />

BEAR VALLEY NURSERY<br />

WIND DRIFT GALLERY<br />

101 LOCAL by SPECIFICALLY PACIFIC GRUMBLEFISH MUSIC<br />

BEAR VALLEY NURSERY<br />

OCEANIC ARTS<br />

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GIFT GUIDE INDEX<br />

AGO TATT0O AND PIERCING<br />

1164 SW <strong>Coast</strong> HWY Ste D Newport Or<br />

(541) 574-7777<br />

FEED CORRAL<br />

634 <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Hwy, Newport, OR<br />

(541) 265-8299<br />

GRUMBLEFISH MUSIC<br />

1845 SW Hwy 101 Unit 4, Lincoln City, OR<br />

(541) 614-0931<br />

STYX, STONES, N’ BONES<br />

160 W 2nd St., Yachats, OR<br />

(541) 653-3548<br />

NEWPORT ACE HARDWARE AND OUTDOOR<br />

2340 N <strong>Coast</strong> Hwy, Newport, OR<br />

(541) 272-5440<br />

JOVI<br />

232 NW <strong>Coast</strong> St, Newport<br />

(541) 265-8220<br />

OCEANIC ARTS<br />

444 SW Bay Blvd, Newport<br />

(541) 265-5963<br />

BREACH THE MOON GALLERY<br />

434 SW Bay Blvd, Newport<br />

(541) 265-9698<br />

CARL’S CARVINGS<br />

10915 Pacific <strong>Coast</strong> Hwy Seal Rock, OR 97376<br />

(541) 961-8575<br />

STYX, STONES, N’ BONES<br />

160 W 2nd St., Yachats, OR 97498<br />

(541) 653-3548<br />

WIND DRIFT GALLERY<br />

414 SW Bay Blvd, Newport<br />

(541) 265-7454<br />

CHILDISH TENDENCIES<br />

412 SW Bay Blvd, Newport<br />

(541) 265-4491<br />

BEAR VALLEY NURSERY<br />

2114 SW Hwy 101, Lincoln City, OR<br />

(541)996-2327<br />

NEWPORT FLORIST & GIFTS<br />

1738 N <strong>Coast</strong> Hwy, Newport, OR<br />

(541)265-8262<br />

101 LOCAL by SPECIFICALLY PACIFIC<br />

342 SW Bay Blvd, Newport<br />

(541) 272-9896<br />

BREACH THE MOON GALLERY<br />

FREED GALLERY<br />

6119 S U.S. 101, Lincoln City, OR<br />

(541)994-5600


THE KITCHEN WILD<br />

t’s officially that time of year<br />

when recipes that call for cream<br />

of mushroom soup are making<br />

their way to our tables but did<br />

you know that scratch made cream<br />

of mushroom soup is so simple to<br />

make and depending on what kind<br />

of mushrooms you use, packed full of<br />

nutrients.<br />

Let’s take chanterelles for example,<br />

which can be found all throughout our<br />

Siuslaw Nation Forest, chanterelles have<br />

a meaty texture, perfect for cream of<br />

mushroom soup and most other recipes<br />

that call for mushrooms as well. They are<br />

very low in calories and carbohydrates,<br />

virtually fat free, a good source of fiber<br />

and provide all of the essential amino<br />

acids our bodies need. Chanterelles are<br />

an excellent source of copper which is<br />

essential for our nervous system and<br />

immune function and also a good<br />

source of vitamins, including riboflavin,<br />

niacin and vitamin D.<br />

Of course if you’re feeling adventurous<br />

you can still go out and harvest these<br />

beautiful mushrooms yourself or you<br />

can purchase them here locally from<br />

local commercial mushroom foragers<br />

such as Lil Swiss Farms in Waldport<br />

at www.lil-swiss.com, Sam Bretz in<br />

Newport at www.bretzforaging.com<br />

and Rain Forest Mushrooms in Yachats<br />

which can be found at the Newport<br />

and Florence Farmers Market or at<br />

www.rainforestmushrooms.com. So<br />

no matter where you are here on the<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> coast you’re always close to<br />

some locally foraged mushrooms so let’s<br />

get cooking!<br />

Cream of Wild Mushroom Soup<br />

INGREDIENTS:<br />

1/4 cup butter<br />

4 cloves garlic, minced<br />

4 cups wild mushrooms<br />

3/4 teaspoons dried thyme<br />

5 tablespoons all-purpose flour<br />

1 quart chicken stock<br />

1/2 tsp. chicken bullion<br />

1 cup heavy cream<br />

Fresh thyme for serving<br />

DIRECTIONS:<br />

Heat butter in a Dutch oven over<br />

medium-high heat until melted. Sauté<br />

onion for 2 to 3 Add mushrooms, garlic<br />

and dried thyme, cook for 10 minutes.<br />

Sprinkle mushrooms with flour, mix<br />

well and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add<br />

stock and chicken bullion and bring to<br />

a boil.<br />

Reduce heat to low, season with salt and<br />

fresh cracked black pepper to taste<br />

Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, while<br />

occasionally stirring, until thickened.<br />

Remove from heat, stir in cream.<br />

Top with fresh thyme and serve. Enjoy!<br />

WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY: KATIE WILEY<br />

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CELESTE’S PECAN PIE<br />

PECAN PIE FILLING:<br />

1 cup light corn syrup<br />

(I use Karo brand)<br />

3/4 cups sugar<br />

1/2 cup brown sugar<br />

3 whole eggs, beaten<br />

1/3 cup (2/3 stick) salted butter, melted<br />

and cooled<br />

1 tsp real vanilla<br />

1/2 tsp salt<br />

1-1/2 heaping cups of pecans-sliced in<br />

half the long way.<br />

Preheat your oven to 350 F degrees<br />

In a large mixing bowl, combine the corn<br />

syrup, the sugar and the brown sugar<br />

along with the eggs. Combine.<br />

Add the butter, salt and vanilla. Whisk<br />

the mixture until it’s totally combined.<br />

Use a fork and prick the bottom of the<br />

pie dough a few times.<br />

Place the chopped pecans in the bottom<br />

of the pie crust.<br />

Then pour the mixture over the top of<br />

the pecans. Let them rise to the top.<br />

Cover the pie in foil and place it in the<br />

oven on a baking sheet. Bake the pie<br />

covered for 35 minutes. Remove the<br />

foil, continue baking for 25-35 minutes<br />

longer. Bring careful not to burn the crust<br />

or pecans. If it is browning too quickly,<br />

cover it again with foil.<br />

The pie should not be overly jiggly when<br />

it’s removed from the oven. If it’s jiggly<br />

bake for another 5-6 minutes at a time<br />

until finished.<br />

Let the pecan pie cool before slicing.<br />

MY HOMEMADE FAIL<br />

PROOF PIE CRUST:<br />

3 cups all purpose unbleached flour<br />

1-1/4 teaspoon French salt (or any salt<br />

you prefer)<br />

3/4 cup salted butter, cut into pieces<br />

3/4 cup of Crisco shortening, cut it into<br />

pieces<br />

1 egg, room temp.<br />

1-1/2 Tablespoons distilled white vinegar<br />

4-1/2 Tablespoons ice cold water<br />

In a large stainless mixing bowl combine<br />

the flour, salt, butter and shortening.<br />

Using a pastry cutter it fork , work it all<br />

together-until the mixtures resembles<br />

coarse crumbs<br />

With a fork, beat the egg and add it to<br />

the bowl<br />

Add the vinegar<br />

Add the water<br />

Stir it all together, until everything<br />

is combined. Adding another 1-2<br />

tablespoons of ice cold water if needed<br />

for the moisture.<br />

Separate into two equal balls<br />

Roll your pie dough out on a pastry mat<br />

on a lightly floured surface. Roll it out 1<br />

inch larger in diameter than the top of<br />

your pie pan.<br />

Carefully fold it in half to transfer to your<br />

pie dish. Unfold it so that it covers the<br />

whole pan.<br />

Cut off the excess pie dough so that it<br />

hangs just below the lip of the pan.<br />

Tuck the edges under, so that there’s a<br />

nice even dough rim.<br />

You can leave rustic like this or you can<br />

use your fingers to create a nice decorative<br />

edge. Using your left thumb and pointer<br />

finger on the inside of the lip and your<br />

right pointer finger between the other<br />

two fingers on the outside of the lip. This<br />

will give the classic pie dough edge along<br />

the rim. Keep going until you’ve gone<br />

around the entire rim.<br />

Wrap both balls individually In plastic<br />

bags. Place them in the freezer. Remove<br />

them from the freezer 30-35 minutes<br />

before you need to use them.<br />

If you’re in a hurry...my go to pie crust is<br />

in the frozen case at Trader Joe’s. It comes<br />

in a set of two pie crusts.<br />

There is absolutely NOTHING in the<br />

world that comes close to Pecan Pie in<br />

my book! This is my very favorite pie. It’s<br />

sweet and salty and the texture is perfect!<br />

Every fall, we are abundantly blessed<br />

with a new crop of pecans. My good<br />

friend, Janet Romney from southern<br />

New Mexico sends me fresh pecans in<br />

the bulk. It’s one of my most anticipated<br />

deliveries every fall.<br />

Serve with fresh whipped cream or vanilla<br />

ice cream. And my preference is to serve<br />

with both-you cannot go wrong!<br />

WRITTEN BY CELESTE MCENTEE | PHOTO BY JEREMY BURKE


OREGON<br />

COAST WASABI<br />

FARM<br />

Photo by Jeremy Burke


CONTINUED ON PAGE 32


Area grower owns largest wasabi farm in U.S.<br />

he average casual diner most likely thinks of Japan<br />

when it comes to production of the curious vegetable<br />

known to foodies and novices alike as wasabi. But<br />

most <strong>Oregon</strong> coastal residents don’t realize the single largest<br />

wasabi farm in the U.S. is pretty close to home.<br />

Jennifer Bloeser, then a marine fisheries scientist, co-founded<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Wasabi under the name Frog Eyes Wasabi in<br />

2010. She rebranded the farm, located just north of Pacific<br />

City, under its current name in 2017.<br />

In 2003, a stranger at an equestrian training facility gave<br />

Bloeser a wasabi start, and she began growing wasabi in her<br />

backyard in Port Townsend, Wash. Bloeser moved in 2007 to<br />

Portland, and after the recession hit the following year, she<br />

began researching starting a business.<br />

After Bloeser learned that most of what Americans know<br />

to be wasabi — the green paste most commonly used to add<br />

flavor to sushi — doesn’t actually contain the wasabi vegetable<br />

— she decided growing “real wasabi” was the entrepreneurial<br />

endeavor for her. And she set out to team people the unique<br />

taste of actual wasabi<br />

“Most wasabi paste out there doesn’t have any real wasabi in<br />

it,” Bloeser said. “It’s mostly made of mustard and horseradish<br />

and green food dye. It’s basically mimicking what real wasabi<br />

looks like after you grate it.“<br />

Wasabi is a plant from the Brassicaceae family, which includes<br />

mustard and horseradish. When produced in traditional<br />

Japanese fashion, the paste or a dry powder is prepared by<br />

finely grating the rhizome or stem. Grating the rhizome creates<br />

a chemical reaction that produces the wasabi’s distinct spicy<br />

flavor.<br />

That flavor, Bloeser says, can dissipate quickly, which is why<br />

high-end restaurants often prepare it at the table when a meal<br />

is served. Wasabi can also lose its flavor when added to a hot<br />

dish. Bloeser recommends when preparing wasabi at home<br />

“When people think of wasabi and wasabi flavor, it’s all about<br />

that sinus head rush that you get when you eat it,” Bloeser said.<br />

“Real wasabi, when you grate it, you have that spice and you’ll<br />

get that sort of head rush with the nasal, it’ll clear your sinuses.<br />

But it also has some lovely other flavors to it.”<br />

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WRITTEN BY MICHAEL HEINBACH | PHOTOS BY: JEREMY BURKE<br />

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At <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Wasabi, Bloeser takes pride in the quality of<br />

the product, and how it’s cultivated in a time-honored fashion.<br />

She says it takes between 18 and 36 months to properly grow a<br />

rhizome, the most flavorful part of the plant.<br />

“We do everything by hand,” she said. “So, all the planting<br />

is done by hand, all the harvesting is done by hand ... The<br />

harvesting is basically just done with a shovel and a knife for<br />

trimming. And when we trim the plants and the rhizomes, it’s<br />

a traditional Japanese trim.”<br />

Bloeser said there are three components to <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Coast</strong><br />

Wasabi — the culinary component, which involves the plant’s<br />

rhizomes and leaves, the gardening component, and the<br />

company’s shelf stable. <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Wasabi sells directly<br />

through its website, found at thewasabistore.com. Customers<br />

can purchase rhizomes, wasabi plant starts, and wasabi<br />

seasonings and salts featured in spaces such as the Blue Heron<br />

French Cheese Company in Tillamook, at Wild Manzanita<br />

Grocery & Cafe in Manzanita and high-end Portland<br />

restaurants, such as Zilla Sake. Scratch Distillery in Edmonds,<br />

Wash., has partnered with <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Wasabi to create the<br />

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“And then our newest component is our shelf stable — our<br />

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rim salt that’s also available through our website.”<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> Wasabi doesn’t offer customers in-person tours<br />

of the farm and operation, but wants people to learn more<br />

about the business by visiting the website.<br />

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Above: Example of freshly harvested and grated Wasabi. Photos by Jeremy Burke


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