The table is laid out to mimic the landscapes of Salinas do Samouco, inviting the guests to entre and explore.
Campana-da-Praia flavoured lemon sorbet, a palette cleanser and a welcome dish at the dinner. The most commonly eaten of all halophytes, Salicornia, or Samphire in English, is a pioneer species that has the incredible abilities to germinate on the salty bank of salt marches, sediment minerals as they grow, to prepare ground for the less salt-tolerent halophyte species. Menu napkin printed in microalgae ink is developed with researcher Mariana Simões. ‘Old bread bread’ is a sourdough bread made of old bread is an old practice to reduce waste.
Breaking bread over a communal table, we make companions, which the latin roots read ‘with bread’. Campana-da-Praia flavoured lemon sorbet on halophyte bushes. Intertidal spreads:
‘Pioneer’ salicórnia butter
Campana-da-Praia pickles
Fermented Cashew paté with Erva-Caril
Inês and Rain in the CAM kitchen. PIckled salicornia in jars. Dehydrating Acelga Maritima kimchi for the spice rack. Working at CAM kitchenHalophyte spicesSorbet, our palette cleanser, made with Inula (Campana-da-Praia) from Salinas do Samouco, December 2024Inula (Campana-da-Praia) jelly served on spoons at our June 2025 presentation in Casa Jardim da Estrela Table set up of The River’s Tongue at Casa Jardim da EstrelaThe River’s Tongue at Casa Jardim da EstrelaWild thyme soda - thyme foraged on the sand dunes of Salina do SamoucoPeach crumble with Salicornia caramel and labneh, the dessert of The River’s Tongue at Casa Jardim da Estrela