Pacific Northwestern Regional Cookery: Specialty Foods

While continuing to till the large farms, farmers in the 1980s began developing and marketing specialty foods such as white Oregon truffles (Tuber gibbosum), golden Rainier cherries, Yukon Gold potatoes, Oregon hazelnuts (Corylus avellana), Walla Walla sweets (onions), and loganberry wine. Thanks to modern technology that is able to freeze, can, dry, and puree foods without losing flavor; a transportation system that promises next-day delivery; worldwide advertising; and instant ordering via the Internet, people all over the world now have access to produce from the Pacific Northwest.