A curiouser kitchen

The Mad Hatted Chef

“Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” Then pass the plate.

Somer Littel. Executive Sous Chef at Salishan Coastal Resort. Flavor that is a little late for tea and exactly on time for dinner.

Somer Littel

Unbirthday cooking

Healthy does not have to be dull. Wonderland does not have to be sugar only.


The Mad Hatted Chef is Somer’s mark: resort-kitchen discipline, Oregon coast produce, and a table that still knows how to surprise people. Cards on the cloth. Clean finish on the plate.

Private dinners, tastings, and consulting. Why is a raven like a writing desk? Better question: why is a beet like a stone fruit? Come find out.

Tea

Tastings and small menus that move like a party that never quite ends.

The garden

Fruit, herbs, and savory work that still reads as food, not a costume.

The riddle

A plate should make you lean in. Then it should eat clean.

From the pass

Eat me. Drink me. Then ask for seconds.