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Northwest Cuisine Scene Flourishes in Salem

Salem chefs are leading the way in defining the new Northwest cuisine. Characterized by fresh, seasonal ingredients – fruits and vegetables from the region’s vast agri­cultural areas, seafood harvested from the Pacific and Arctic, an abundance of wild mushrooms – paired with the area’s distinctive Willamette Valley wines, Northwest cooking is emerging with its own distinctive flavors through the menus of Salem chefs like Jeff James. James returned to his hometown to open j. james restaurant... Read More »

Chemeketa Street Farmer's Market Offers Tastes of Summer

Out of lentils or lungwort? Visit the Wednesday Farmers’ Market on Chemeketa Street from May through October. Salem also is home to a Saturday Market that also occurs from May through October‚ at the corner of Summer and Marion streets. For holiday shoppers‚ there is a Holiday Gift Market that takes place on the second weekend of December at the Oregon State Fairgrounds. By the way‚ everything sold at all three markets is grown or made by Salem citizens. Read More »
Redhawk Winery and Vineyard

Acclaimed Wine Industry Continues to Bear Fruit

This is Pinot Noir country, and Salem is at the heart of it. More than 200 wineries dot the green, rolling hills of Oregon’s Willamette Valley, the long, broad valley that follows the Willamette River from Portland to Eugene, shielded from Pacific storms by the Coast Range to the west and bound by the Cascades to the east. The region’s soil, rich with volcanic ash and ocean-bed nutrients, combined with a climate of cool, wet winters and warm, sunny summers make it a premier site for growing the... Read More »

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