While Burger Stevens founder and chef Don Salamone was growing up, every birthday involved one specific cake: yellow sponge soaked with rum, layered with cannoli cream, chocolate pastry cream, and standard pastry cream. It was his family’s version of cassata, a Sicilian rum cake often spotted in New York Italian bakeries.
Soon, Salamone will start serving his family’s cassata as the finale to a prix fixe menu at his incoming Beaverton restaurant. Don’s Favorite Foods will open this fall, serving versions of Italian American dishes the chef grew up eating on the East Coast.
In Portland, Salamone is likely best known for his popular burger cart, but the
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