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Savoring Sweets with Saveur

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of hosting Camas Davis, Saveur Magazine's travel editor, during her culinary tour of Portland and Astoria. Saveur is the food magazine of choice around the Maxwell office and we were ecstatic when Camas responded to our offer to show her Astoria's booming cuisine scene. Her itinerary included three days in Astoria and one day in Portland.

In addition to our recommendations in Astoria, we helped Camas identify places to visit in Portland. One of the stops on her tour was Moonstruck Chocolate. I accompanied Camas on her tour of the artisan chocolate producer's North Portland factory. If you haven't heard of Moonstruck, you are definitely in the dark. Oprah recently featured Moonstruck on her 'favorites' show and the local chocolatier was also included in this year's Academy Awards goodie bags.

Our tour was amazing! Everything in the factory is done by hand, including all of the packaging. You wouldn't believe the time and effort put into each chocolate bar and truffle. I was surrounded by chocolate and it took a lot of self control to keep from diving into one of the hundred or so trays the chocolate was stored on. If you haven't had the opportunity to try Moonstruck I recommend you get on it! If you are daring, try the Chile Variado. This dark chocolate bar laced with Chile peppers is like nothing you've ever tried before.

As for Camas, she really enjoyed her visit to Portland and Astoria and we are excited for her return trip this August. In her short time here she was able to meet with a handful of chefs and food industry experts that are making Oregon one of the top culinary destinations in the country.
--Josh Beyer, josh@maxwellpr.com

posted on May 24, 2005


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