Vanessa Holden Founder Smitten: Artisan Truffles – Portland Culinary Podcast Episode 9

Vanessa Holden Founder Smitten: Artisan Truffles – Portland Culinary Podcast Episode 9

In this episode Steven Shomler visits with Vanessa Holden Founder Smitten: Artisan Truffles.

Please note – the Portland Culinary Podcast started out as the Great Food Great Stories Podcast.

Wine, Blues, and More

This Portland Culinary Podcast episode was recorded at Hood Crest Winery during a fun annual event put on by Steven Shomler – Wine, Blues and More.

Here is a link to the Great Food Great Stories article about this event — www.greatfoodgreatstories.com/wine-blues-and-more-event-saturday-august-20th-at-hood-crest-winery

Portland Culinary Podcast episodes Episode 12 -Vicki Allenback Skamokawa Farmstead Creamery and Episode 7 – Tess and Patrick Barr Founders of Hood Crest Winery were also recorded at Hood Crest Winery during the 2016 Wine, Blues, and More event.

Vicki Allenback Skamokawa Farmstead Creamery – Portland Culinary Podcast Episode 12 – www.theportlandculinarypodcast.com/vicki-allenback-skamokawa-farmstead-creamery-portland-culinary-podcast-episode-12

Tess and Patrick Barr Founders of Hood Crest Winery Portland Culinary Podcast Episode 7 – www.theportlandculinarypodcast.com/tess-and-patrick-barr-founders-of-hood-crest-winery-portland-culinary-podcast-episode-7

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Vanessa Holden Founder Smitten: Artisan Truffles -Portland Culinary Podcast Episode 9

More about this Portland Culinary Podcast Episode

During this Portland Culinary Podcast you will learn why Vanessa chose to name her culinary start up Smitten, what a truffle is, how to make a great truffle at home, some of the fun and innovative truffles that Vanessa has made using ingredients like olive oil, rosemary, wine, bourbon, beer, cider, yuzu, calamansi, passionfruit, and more.

Vanessa Holden Founder Smitten: Artisan Truffles -Portland Culinary Podcast Episode 9

Vanessa Holden Founder Smitten: Artisan Truffles -- Episode 9 of the Great Food Great Stories Podcast with Steven Shomler

Steven suggests a few collabs for Vanessa to consider doing such as

#1 making a truffle with Dragon’s Gate Brewery’s Le Morte d’Arthur Belgian Chocolate Stout,

#2 that she make a special truffle for the annual Beer. Cider. Love. dinner using Finnriver Cacao and Fort George Cavatica Stout,

#3 working with Buddha Kat Winery’s Chat Noir Blackberry and

#4 Vanessa could head out to Astoria and meets up with baker extraordinaire Tamee Harden Blankenship. Together Tamee and Vanessa would make culinary magic happen!

Toward the end of this podcast Vanessa shares some of what helped get her culinary startup off the ground – people skills, networking and tenacity.