Background
Bitterman was born December 22, 1966 in New York City and grew up in Southern California.
Bitterman was born December 22, 1966 in New York City and grew up in Southern California.
He attended Reed College and Sarah Lawrence College and has worked in marketing, engineering, and food writing.
He is the owner of The Meadow, a boutique that specializes in finishing salts and other products. The Meadow was founded in Portland, Oregon in 2006 and expanded to the West Village in New York City in 2010. Bitterman has published two books on the use of boutique salts with food.
He consults with restaurateurs and lectures at culinary academies about the use of finishing salts and Himalayan salt blocks.
Bitterman discovered finishing salts while traveling in France as a 20-year-old. Ever since then, he has been collecting salts, visiting salt flats, and talking to salt makers throughout his travels.