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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 />
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FARM<br />
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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 />
distillery’s Azuma wasabi-infused vodka<br />
“And then our newest component is our shelf stable — our<br />
powders and salts,” Bloeser said. “So we have two flavors of<br />
wasabi seasoning salt and we also have our new wasabi cocktail<br />
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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As the year starts to wrap up I thought that I would share some extra<br />
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