there are so many excellent people that i have met through the bakery! it never ceases to amaze me. recently
bryanna clark grogan from
vegan feast kitchen and
julie hasson of
native bowl and
everyday dish tv came into the shop and we had a chance to meet & chat for a few minutes! so lovely! here is an excerpt from bryannas blog entry about her trip to portland! thanks bryanna & julie! nice to meet you both!
FOODIE TRIP TO PORTLAND, PART 2: VEGAN BAKERIES
The Dovetail Bakery front door
When Julie told me that Portland had 3-- count 'em- 3 vegan bakeries, I nearly fell over! I'm jealous, but it's probably for the best! The most well-known bakery is Sweetpea Baking Co., which we didn't get a chance to visit, due to time constraints and logistics. But you can see their stuff on their
website/blog. (There is also a talented vegan baker named Lisa Clark who Fran and I met at the
Portland Saturday Farmers Market-- more about that in another post. She runs the Petunia's Pies and
Pastries stall. Check out
her website for mouth-watering photos!)
But we did visit two of the bakeries on Thursday afternoon, and showed remarkable restraint by only sampling a few things! First, we went to the
Dovetail Bakery on NE Alberta St..
It's a very welcoming and kind of peaceful place:
We chatted with the friendly owner and checked out the bake case, loaded with tempting sweet and savory breads, yummy-looking muffins and
cupcakes, sweet loaves and buns:
In the end we tried an apple-filled cinnamon roll and a Meyer
lemon cupcake:
Very nice texture and flavor-- the cupcake wasn't overly-sweet or gobbed with icing, and the roll wasn't overly-gooey. I'd go back!
