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We're sampling Chef Daddy today with some beautiful golden and green zucchini.  As usual, lightly roasted with a little bit of olive oil and Chef Daddy savory blend.  Remember 350 degrees for about ten minutes, you don't want to over roast it. Try to keep that great crunch. Cool it down immediately. Make a salad out of it by adding some nice tomatoes and perhaps some cheese curd or something like that.  Maybe spike it with a splash of balsamic.  Also sampling today, our smokey blend sprinkled on fresh cooked potato chips.  Hope you're enjoying the Fourth of July weekend.

Chef Daddy savory blend and Chef Daddy smokey blend are racing around the country.  They both left Astoria this morning via a first class stamp and the USPS.  Savory blend is heading to Honolulu and Smokey blend is headed to Seattle.  each has instructions for the receiver of the envelope.  The receiver will check mark their home state post a photo to the Chef Daddy facebook page, then mail their respective Chef Daddy to someone else in another state. Each Chef Daddy will travel to all 50 states via first class stamp and when they get to the last state...

According to the most recent edition of Time magazine butter is just fine!  I'v been saying the same things for years, so let's go for it.  Last week at the market, I purchased beautiful green beans for use in sampling our Chef Daddy savory blend sea salt. Let's talk about sauteing as the cooking method.  Melt whole unsalted butter in a saute pan on your stove top over medium heat, clean your green beans and toss them in, lightly tossing them as they cook, you can totally use a spoon or a pair of tongs to move them around if...

Chef Daddy is gaining steam, we have recently sent salt to California, Washington and Michigan.  Thank you loyal users, we appreciate you spreading the word.

We've been at the Astoria, Oregon Sunday market for the past four weeks and we are sampling our seasoning salts using available vegetables.  A lot of folks are wondering why the asparagus is so good.  Let us explain...First of all, we're using in season vegetables ie; asparagus right now.  Here's the trick, set your oven to 350 degrees.  Break the end of the asparagus off, it will generally snap in the right spot, lightly toss in olive and season with Chef Daddy savory blend.  Place it on a sheet tray and put it in your oven.  Cook the asparagus until...