Oregon Fruit presents The Queen of Tarts

The Queen and The Produce Man

It’s berry season in the west and that gives rise to Berry Fest celebrations all over the place. The season in California is early and Mother’s Day weekend I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Michael Marks Your Produce Man in Roseville, California. The theme was a side by side bake off with Oregon Canned Fruit and fresh local produce. We had a great time making a Northwest Berry Crisp, Rasberry Chipotle Ribs and a refreshing Mixed Berry Mocktail. We had some small audience members help out and it was a good time for all. The Johnsonville BIG GRILL bar-b-que truck was on hand sampling a strawberry bar-b-que sauce and the grillmaster Ryan stopped by to sample our Raspberry Chipotle Sauce and proclaimed it a winner! I hope you enjoy the fun vicariously via the video below. Stay tuned for the Oregon Berry Fest in a few weeks where a local Portland Chef Abby Fammarino from Abby’s Table in Portland will be gracing us with her decidedly more professional culinary skills using our canned blueberries.