Salt Expert Mark Bitterman Teaches Salt Class At Ger-nis Culinary & Herb Center In Park Slope

Mark Bitterman, leading international expert, teacher and writer on culinary salt, is teaching an educational lecture with a guided salt tasting at Ger-Nis Herb & Culinary Center, Brooklyn.

Date: Thursday, December 16th, 7-9 pm
Tickets: $50 per person
To Purchase Tickets: http://culinaryherbcenter.ger-nis.com/2010/11/10/salts-an-exploration-in...

As culinary giant, James Beard once said, "Where would we be without Salt?" Think about it...salt is an essential ingredient in most recipes, sweet and savory. For tonight only, we have salt enthusiast Mark Bitterman instructing on what he knows best-Salt. His new book, Salted, just released is the fruit of decades of field work (a.k.a. eating, traveling, talking) and research. His book opens the door to salting for greatness in everything you eat, and includes hundreds of full color photographs illustrating the dazzling diversity of gourmet salts. Bitterman, like James Beard, believes salt is the most powerful ingredient in the kitchen-and the most commonly used and universal one. An understanding and respect for salt leads inevitably to more distinctive and better tasting food.

Bitterman also has two salt-centric shops called The Meadow in Portland and now in Manhattan. The Meadow is a shop built to sell salts, chocolates, wines and flowers, but the main attraction is definitely their salts, where they carry more than 400 types. It is the ultimate source for gourmet salt, finishing salt, sea salt, and artisan salts from around the world! They supply salt to all people, everyone from overzealous salt fanatics to restaurants around the world.

Take your mouth on a trek across the vast and unexplored wilds of artisan-made finishing salts. We will survey the basic types of artisan salt, discuss their individual characters, and explore how they combine to bring new found pleasures to your table, from breakfast to dinner, from cocktails to dessert. We will also have the opportunity to discuss and converse on salt and the unexpected ways to use and incorporate salt into your culinary repertoire. The possibilities are endless and this class will take you on a discovery tour of salt and the majestic flavor miracles that happen with using it!

Tasting:Taste 6 different salts from various countries with bread and other accompaniments while sipping on local wines.

Class Type: Educational lecture

Instructor: Mark Bitterman is a leading international expert, teacher, and writer on culinary salt. His book, Salted - a Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes (Oct 12, 2010, Ten Speed Press/Random House) is the first authoritative book tackling the vast yet largely uncharted terrain of salt as a core ingredient in our diet.

Bitterman is co-owner with his wife, Jennifer, of The Meadow (www.atthemeadow.com), a shop located in Portland, OR and New York, NY specializing in salt, chocolate, wine, and flowers.

Bitterman has been featured by CBS News Sunday Morning, Eating Well, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, the UK's The Independent, and dozens of other international, national, and local media. Food & Wine recently singled Bitterman out as a "Tastemaker" and Cooking Light has named him a "Local Food Hero".