If your idea of salt is limited to what comes in a shaker, a trip to the West Village will rock your world. The Meadow, which just opened Wednesday on 523 Hudson Street, sells over 100 kinds of salt, from coarse to flaky, volcanic to rose-colored, Mesquite smoked to salt mixed with truffles. Some taste strongly of mineral, others taste fresh from the sea. Shop owner and cookbook author Mark Bitterman wants you to toss your box of iodized salt. "Our focus is on finishing salts," Bitterman told the News. "We suggest using more complex salts at the end of the cooking process rather than adding in the middle." Each salt can be paired with a certain foods. He recommends a flake salt for salad dressings. The silvery-gray sel gris is ideal for finishing meats. A Fleur du Sel makes butter pop. Taster size salt bottles (1.2 oz) start at around $4 and go up from there. Two and half pounds of their multipurpose sel gris will run you about $14.
The new salts are awesome, and the bonus chili like salt is excellent as well!
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Crow & Moss Coconut Macaroon Cookie and Coconut Mylk Chocolate This chocolate tasted like the chocolate i used to get from my nanny at easter, the chocolate was a bunny and an egg and it came in a box with grass in it, it was nice to have that memory.
This may be the sweetest review we've ever received! Thank you for sharing :)
I ordered this set to try some fresh peppers from around the world. I even bought a new mortar and pestle for the table. I have tried all of them and nearly finished two jars in about two weeks. The Tellicherry and Voatisperifery are my favorites but I like them all. Getting ready to make a second order.
So glad we were able to introduce you to some fresh new-to-you peppercorns. Thank you so much for this review, we're excited for you to try even more salt and pepper combos with your next order :)
This was my first order from The Meadow and I mixed pepper and several salts. After trying several Halen Mon Silver is one of my favorites. I haven’t found one I really don’t like yet but this one is special.
We're so happy to hear that you loved your salts! The Halen Mon Silver from Wales is truly one of our most special salts. The harvesting process is so unique to that area and we feel it really shines through. Thank you so much for this lovely review :)