Camas, WA — The Hammond Kitchen & Craft Bar isn’t quite letting go of the season just yet with a stunning late summer menu offering.
One of the most exciting of these offerings is the Vegan Spaghetti + Meatballs, which is a completely plant-based dish made with mushroom and rice meatballs, herb roasted spaghetti squash, vegan smoked Gouda, pesto, shallot blackberry gastrique, harvest vegetable marinara, and vegan Parmesan. $23.
The Kalbi Chicken salad comes with natural wood grilled chicken breast, a Kalbi marinade, late harvest fruits and berries, Napa cabbage, arugula, Portland creamery chèvre, toasted almonds, mango dressing and toasted seeds. $18.
The fresh ora king salmon is wood grilled with sweet pepper butters, and comes with roasted corn avocado relish, jasmine rice, and fresh vegetables. $30.
For starters, the coconut prawns are coconut flake and macadamia nut crusted, served with mango coulis, sriracha aioli, and sweet chili sauce. $16.
Also on The Hammond small plate menu is the tomato jam toast, made with house made focaccia, Portland creamery chèvre, roasted garlic, slow roasted heirloom tomatoes, basil pesto and pecorino. $9.
For desserts, try the vanilla bean ice cream with fresh peaches, Peach Buckle or the Grasshopper, which is a pot de crepe, made with marshmallows and a a rich chocolate ganache. The Hammond chefs really delivered on these decadent desserts.
And the H Speciality cocktails include the Fall Manhattan, Flower Power, Unicorn Tears, The 2020 Remedy, Midsummer Night, and Holding On To Summer.
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Ellie Cook, a 2016 Camas High School graduate, is in the top 15 of the Broadway World Next On Stage dance competition and is seeking as many votes as possible this week to move onto the top 8.
“I have been dancing since I could walk and doing musical theatre seriously since I was a sophomore in high school when I was in CHS’s production of ‘Grease’,” said Cook. “I was then Sally Bowles in ‘Cabaret’ as well as being featured in other shows. I graduated in 2016 from CHS and went onto pursue my BFA in Musical Theatre from Central Washington University.”
Following the immense success of their musical theatre singing competition for student performers, they are moving from the recording studio to the dance floor to shine the spotlight on talented, young musical theatre dancers.
Those moving on to the next round each week will have Friday through Monday to record and submit a new song, fitting within a specified theme, for the next round of the competition.
As they move forward in the competition, they will feature weekly live shows on Facebook with Broadway judges who will provide feedback and have the opportunity to move one of the contestants on to the next round by unanimous decision.
“If I win I am donating to the Fund for College Auditions,” said Cook. “It is a charity that gathers funds to make sure students can pursue their passions in Theatrical Higher Education.”
Both the college and high school winner of The LaDuca Achievement Award for Excellence will receive a Broadway prize-pack with merch from the BroadwayWorld Theatre Shop, shoes from LaDuca, a scholarship to Steps on Broadway’s summer programs and a $1000 donation to a charity of their choosing.”
Both the college and high school winner of The LaDuca Achievement Award for Excellence will receive a Broadway prize-pack with merch from the BroadwayWorld Theatre Shop, shoes from LaDuca, a scholarship to Steps on Broadway’s summer programs and a $1000 donation to a charity of their choosing.
Winners will receive either:
-The classic LaDuca Y-strap adorns an additional support strap in the Alexis. The design provides added support across the top of the foot concentrated at the bunion-area. A 2.5″ heel is perfect for students, dancers new to heeled character shoes, and those looking for a stable shoe to guide them through their choreography. Alexis has a soft suede sole to ensure maximum foot articulation. All LaDuca shoes are handcrafted in Italy to ensure our dancers have all the comfort and flexibility they desire.
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-Made with master jazz dancer and choreographer, Luigi, in mind, this shoe provides maximum flexibility and articulation of the foot. The thin suede sole allows the movement of a jazz slipper. Hidden elastic gussets carry flexibility throughout the foot and a gummie heel provides a perfectly stable platform for dancers to land on. All LaDuca shoes are handmade in Italy to provide dancers with the comfort and quality they desire.
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Salud Wine Bar has some great specials this week — through Saturday.
Chicken Marsala:
“I like to make my Chicken Marsala a little different than everyone else. I first take some golden, crispy, pan-fried chicken, then mix with my mushroom-filled creamy Marsala wine sauce and a good kick of garlic. Served over a bed of penne pasta, this Chicken Marsala is a delicious treat,” said Salud’s Chef Tony.
This dish is accompanied with their Salud Side Salad and House made Bread: $15.00
Saturday Smoked Meat (served while supplies last):
This Saturday, Salud will be serving their ever popular Bacon Wrapped Smoked Meatloaf. Served along side sweet corn, and a dash of mashed potatoes, as well as the Salud Side Salad and their House Made Bread: $20
Starting next week they will be open on Tuesdays, as well.
Don’t forget they ALWAYS have Wine Specials, Every Week!! 🍷
Lastly, Please help them by practicing proper CDC guidelines.
They ask that you please wear a mask into the establishment, and wear it anytime you aren’t seated. Also please use hand sanitizer and practice proper social distancing.
Coming Soon – 👨👩👦👦 Family Dining in our Main Dining Room – Mid to End of September!
There are many people who for health or fitness reasons are turning to a gluten free diet, and these almond flour paleo tortillas are an excellent substitute for my favorite homemade flour tortillas.
Rolling out homemade flour tortillas has been a family event for my sons and I since they were toddlers, but in an effort to eat better, I continue to search for healthier eating options. We’ll still continue rolling out flour tortillas, which we make with olive oil, but these almond flour versions are very tasty.
These thin soft shell paleo tortillas are made in five minutes, and require no rolling. They are made by blending almond flour, tapioca flour, avocado oil, salt and coconut milk. Pour batter onto a skillet and out comes the most beautiful and tasty grain free tortillas, perfect for taco night or a favorite breakfast burrito! It’s easy, versatile, fool proof, and delicious.
I got this recipe from www.paleoglutenfree.com and made some tweaks that work better for me.
Blend in the ingredients together. Turn on your stove to medium heat, and in a cast iron skillet, or skillet of your choice, place some oil. Once properly heated, pour the batter onto the skillet. Turn the tortilla when the top side bubbles up, and watch it closely so it doesn’t burn.
This recipe yields 8 medium size tortillas. We love it!
The batter can keep for up to a week in the refrigerator in a tight container.
What is Paleo Diet? Information from the Mayo Clinic …
According to the Mayo Clinic, a paleo diet is a dietary plan based on foods similar to what might have been eaten during the Paleolithic era, which dates from approximately 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago.
A paleo diet typically includes lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds — foods that in the past could be obtained by hunting and gathering. A paleo diet limits foods that became common when farming emerged about 10,000 years ago. These foods include dairy products, legumes and grains.
Why you might follow a paleo diet
You might choose to follow a paleo diet because you:
Want to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight
Want help planning meals
Details of a paleo diet
Recommendations vary among commercial paleo diets, and some diet plans have stricter guidelines than others. In general, paleo diets follow these guidelines.
What to eat
Fruits
Vegetables
Nuts and seeds
Lean meats, especially grass-fed animals or wild game
Fish, especially those rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, mackerel and albacore tuna
Oils from fruits and nuts, such as olive oil or walnut oil
Salud Wine Bar in downtown Camas is offering two specials this week: Gnnochi with creamy gorgonzola sauce and Smoked London Broil.
You can see their full online menu at www.saludwine.com/menu and make reservations at www.saludwine.com/online-reservations or call 360-787-2583. Each dish is available for takeout, as well. These specials are served Wednesday through Saturday while supplies last:
Gnocchi with Creamy Gorgonzola Sauce, Mushrooms and Ham
“Just writing this post makes me hungry,” said Salud chef, Tony Dotson. ”I love Gorgonzola or any blue cheese for that matter! I know it is not for everyone but if you are into blue cheese then you definitely have to try this. I first make a creamy Gorgonzola sauce and add in some sauteed ham and mushrooms. It’s then all tossed with the gnocchi for a bit of creamy deliciousness on your plate.”
The gnocchi dish is accompanied with the Salud side salad and house made bread: $15.00
Saturday Smoked Meat (served while supplies last)
This Saturday, Salud will be serving Smoked London Broil. This tasty meal comes with their garlic mashed potatoes and green beans with bacon (bacon makes everything better!). It’s accompanied with their Salud side salad and house made bread: $20. You may want to get reservations in ASAP because when they’re we’re sold out, they’re sold out.
Don’t forget they have weekly wine specials.
Reservations are recommended for any of these specials.
Lastly, Please help them by practicing proper CDC guidelines: They ask that you please wear a mask into their establishment, and wear it anytime you aren’t seated. Also please use hand sanitizer and practice proper social distancing. Thank you and Salud!
Coming Soon: Family dining in the Salud main dining room — mid to end of September!!
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New flavors are coming to Downtown Camas! To bring some extra culinary excitement to the community in September, participating downtown restaurants will be offering Fair Food Week from September 4th – 11th and The Secret Menu Event from September 15th – 30th.
Fair Food Week:
Since Camas Days and the Clark County Fair couldn’t happen this year, Downtown Camas restaurants are offering nostalgic and much-missed fair foods and treats on their menus for a full week starting on First Friday, 9/4. Funnel cakes, mini corn dogs, ice cream, caramel apples, cannolis just to name a few. There will even be cotton candy margaritas and Smoked BBQ ice cream to add unique twists to traditional fair options.
“We’re wanting to bring some fun and unique dining options to downtown and add a little extra zest to late summer,” says Carrie Schulstad, Executive Director of the Downtown Camas Association. “We have amazing restaurants and coffee houses that are working so hard to serve the community during these challenging times. We want to take advantage of the good dining weather and we truly hope people enjoy all the food options and have fun with it. You can have something new to try every day in September!”
The Liberty Theatre will also be serving their famous popcorn on First Friday and Saturday (9/4 – 9/5) from 5-8pm and Caps N’ Taps will kick off the Fair Food Week with free fair games out front of their taproom during the evening. Cedar Street Bagel Co will be selling “Clark County Fair” scent candle wax melts with notes of cotton candy, funnel cakes and deep fried twinkies.
Fair Food Week participating restaurants and offerings:
A Beer At A Time – Giant pizza by the slice and giant pretzels with beer cheese and stone ground mustard
Adams Street Bar & Grill – Ribs with beans and Pulled Pork Mac & Cheese
Caffe Piccolo – Nachos (with jalapenos or salsa)
Cake Happy – Cake in a Jar, ice cream sandwiches, caramel apples
Cedar Street Bagel Co. – Peach hand pies and organic lemonade made with lemonade-ice cubes (add mango or blackberry as desired!)
Hidden River Roasters – Cold brew floats, root beer floats
Liberty Theatre – Popcorn served First Friday and Saturday (9/4 – 9/5) from 5-8pm
Mesa – Churro fried ice cream with chile infused caramel and Mexican spiced chocolate topping options
Mill City Brew Werks – Mini corn dogs, funnel cakes, churro-doughnuts
Natalia’s Cafe – Candied bacon on a stick
Salud Wine Bar & Italian Restaurant – Mini cannolis, zeppole (filled Italian donuts)
Squeeze and Grind – Chocolate malt milk and Oreo cookie shakes
Tommy O’s at the Camas Hotel – 2 offerings: Kalua pork loaded fries all week and Malasadas (Hawaiian donuts similar to elephant ear flavors) on Saturday 9/5 from 10am-2pm
For two weeks starting 9/15, participating Downtown Camas restaurants will offer secret menu items. Just ask for the secret menu offering and it will be a surprise until it is brought to your table. Items will be available for takeout as well. The goal is to bring new flavors, fun engagement for customers and some culinary adventure to the community.
Wednesday afternoons in Camas are special during the warmer summer months because of our Camas Farmer’s Market. It’s a weekly event booked on my iPhone calendar as I look forward to greeting local farmers, florists, and vendors because everyone is so friendly, the fresh produce and products are treated with care, and its organizers work so hard to make it all happen.
The farmer’s market is a non-profit that has grown over the years to a successful seasonal enterprise that is typically filled with live music, food vendors, farmers, and other merchants who are dedicated to serving fresh food and a fun time. For years, typically, the market has fun events to entertain kids and tables to sit and relax. For years, it’s typically been a well-attended activity.
Then the virus hit.
At first, the City of Camas was reluctant to issue a permit for the market to event start in 2020 given the corona virus. But, after much lobbying and demonstrating they could do this safely, farmer’s market organizers made it work, and they opened in June, about a month later than planned.
Does the market resemble what it typically looks like? Kinda.
The booths are physically spaced, the traffic is re-routed to maintain personal space. Face masks are required, and there are just 15 vendors.
The hard-working farmers, bee keepers, florists, picante sauce makers, and sweet treat specialists are there each week ready to serve you quality food. And, even though attendance is lower, the market organizers say the vendors are making more money this year than in years past.
The typical food vendors aren’t there out of respect to the existing downtown Camas restaurants who hav
It’s an event I enjoy. I love greeting farmers and buying up strawberries, blueberries, zucchini, cauliflower, beets, carrots, applies, and peaches. It’s a weekly bounty for which I am very grateful.
The Camas Farmer’s Market is open each Wednesday from 3-7 pm on 4th Avenue in front of the Camas Public Library. Pay them a visit, buy some fresh produce, flowers or treats, and tell them THANK YOU.
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Tommy O’s at the Camas Hotel is offering a new Happy Hour menu now, and it includes some fan favorites like the Kalua Pork Quesadilla.
Tommy O’s, which has stayed open throughout the pandemic with takeout and delivery services, has resumed dine-in service while meeting all COVID-19 state-mandated safety guidelines. They also offer outdoor seating.
Happy Hour is from 2-5 pm Monday through Saturday, and the HH menu comprises the following:
Kalua Pork Quesadilla: $5
Coconut Crunchy Shrimp: $6
Meatballs: $5
Kalua Pork Sliders: $5
Caesar Salad: $5
French Fries: $4
Happy Hour drinks:
HH White Wine: $5
HH Red Wine: $5
HH Tap Beer: $5
HH Cocktail: $5
Tommy O’s at the Camas Hotel is located at 401 NE 4th Avenue, Camas, WA 98607.
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Several miles into the scenic Washougal River Road drive you come to Hughes Road, make a left turn, and discover the stunning Jamie’s Dahlias gardens tucked away along rolling hills and rich evergreen trees. With its neatly planted rows, this nearly acre-sized flower farm provides a needed respite from a world beleaguered with a pandemic and the continued stress that ensues.
It’s the new, local destination to cut your favorite dahlia flowers and fill your home or office with brilliant colors.
Jamie Smith, the garden’s namesake, and Fort Vancouver High School health teacher, is there to greet you while her two young sons plow the earth with toy John Deere tractors and her husband, Kerry, tends to the grounds.
This is the first year, even the first month of operation for this young farm, the successor to Bob and Linda’s dahlia farm that closed recently.
“We officially opened August 1,” said Jamie. “It’s technically a U-cut business. People come and cut the flowers they want. We spend a lot of time in the seedling garden where we create new varieties. We have 220 named varieties to choose from here.”
Jamie and Kerry have spent months, even years planning for this project, learning and experiencing everything the world of dahlias brings. Jamie explains the tuber is what gives you the same dahlia each year, but if you take the flower and mix tiny sprouts from the various seed heads of the dahlia flower, you can get some great varieties.
She said a tuber looks like a potato and it will grow.
“They will grow all these new plants below, and you sit there with a pair of scissors and then separate them, then store them over the winter,” Jamie said. “I store them in vermiculite, which is a thick powder, and keeps the moisture away from the dahlia.”
A lot of the dahlia tubers are from other dahlia farms in the area, which have been delicately maintained through the winter months.
“The Portland Dahlia Society has given me a lot of tips when it comes to dahlia dividing and storage,” said Jamie. “Some people dip their dahlias in sulfur or cinnamon. Others store them in wood chips or Saran Wrap. This is my first year growing them, and we put them in the ground in the Spring. The original one that’s planted is thrown away, but the tuber below under ground can yield up to 10 plants. We sell individual tubers, as well.”
“In March you wake them up and put them in a greenhouse,” Jamie said. “We got the back half planted in April. Maintenance includes lots and lots of weeding. If you use the regular garden hoe you can damage the roots and the plants. We have to weed daily.”
Why a dahlia farm?
“Six years ago I went on my first date with Kerry and we stopped at Linda’s dahlias and he gave me this huge massive bouquet,” she said. “That farm is three miles down the road. I didn’t know much about dahlias until then, but was impressed by the bouquet. It became our thing to walk the dahlia fields and explore. We have seven acres here, and we think we have about one acre of dahlias.”
Jamie and Kerry planted 2,800 dahlias in the ground, and 2,600 plants came up. The planting lasted four straight days from sunrise to sunset because it’s best to plant them all at the same time.
Getting to the gardens is just a 16-minute drive from Camas, and it makes for a nice, local escape into another beautiful location.
Jamie’s Dahlias is open daily 9 am-6 pm at 704 Hughes Rd. Washougal, WA 98671. You can also find them on Facebook (Jamie’s Dahlias) and Instagram (@Jamiesdahlias)
A look at some of the gardens.From the Tomo variety.
Salud Wine Bar continues their third anniversary celebration this week by holding over the Pasta special, due to high demand. Also what’s a better celebratory smoked meat than Prime Rib? Wait until you try Tony’s special twist.
Following are this week’s (August 10th) Dining Specials at Salud: (Full Menu always available as well Wednesday through Saturday) www.saludwine.com/menu
Each Dish is Available for Take Out/To GO.
Italian Dining Special – Served Wednesday thru Saturday while supplies last:
Penne alla Vodka – A fantastic and authentic Italian cuisine that I (Tony) love!. Like its name suggests, this is a pasta dish made with Vodka and Penne pasta. It is prepared with Garlic, Prosciutto, Tomatoes, and finished with my own Vodka/Cream/Parmesan Sauce. .Accompanied with our Salud Side Salad and House made Bread $15.00
Saturday Smoked Meat (served Saturday while supplies last):
This Saturday, Salud will be serving their wonderful, juicy, Prime Rib. First, they take the Roast and deep season it with fresh roasted garlic and rosemary. They then coat and rub with celery salt and pepper, and then it’s smoked for hours with a sweet cherry mesquite wood mix, smoked to a nice medium rare to hold all the juices in. Meal is served with Roasted Baby Potatoes and Mini Carrots, House made Au Jus, and for a kick, horseradish. Meal also comes with the Salud Side Salad and House made Bread. All this for $25.00 – You may want to get reservations in ASAP, when it’s sold out, it’s sold out.
Don’t forget, they ALWAYS have Wine Specials each week!!
Reservations are recommended for any of these specials. Please let them know when making reservations if you’d like one of these specials and which one.
Lastly, Please help us by practicing proper CDC guidelines. Salud asks that you please wear a mask into our establishment, and wear it anytime you aren’t seated. Also please use hand sanitizer and practice proper social distancing.
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