November 20, 2014
(last updated February 22, 2024) 
I’m so excited about today’s giveaway!
Months ago, the lovely folks at Pacific Merchants Trading Company reached out to me, asking if I’d like to sample some of their products. To give you some background, Pacific Merchants is a small, family run business that passionately seeks the best and most beautiful products around the globe. They sell eco-friendly, acacia hardwood serveware, fermenting crocks, lovely Kilner canning jars, bakeware and baking accessories, and colorful placemats. The company sells these items at a fair price, encouraging food lovers everywhere to take pleasure in simple, high quality home goods.
It was hard to decide which items to select from Pacific Merchants, because everything is so beautiful; I have my eyes on the bakeware and placemats now! But for the time being, I needed some new serveware, so I asked if I could try out the round calabash salad bowl, the wood salad/pasta servers, and the wood chip and dip tray. I’ve now had some time to use these beautiful pieces at home, for simple suppers, snack plates, and entertaining, and I’m so happy with them. Many of you have noticed the salad bowl in blog pictures or on Instagram, and a few of you have asked about it. It’s spacious and lovely:
Here it is, stuffed to the brim with my spice rubbed cauliflower, kale, and pomegranate salad.
Or here, as a vehicle for my farro salad with roasted zucchini, cashew cheese, and mint.
The bowl measures 12″ x 4″, so it’s nice and spacious — perfect for those of us who like our salads large and in charge 😉
The salad/pasta servers, meanwhile, are unique and beautifully designed:
So much nicer than putting two large kitchen spoons into my salad bowl, which is what I usually do in a pinch.
Finally, the chip and dip tray.
This is obviously designed for chips + guac, or the like, but you could use it for freshly warmed pita bread and hummus, nut pate and raw vegetable sticks, or even chocomole and fresh strawberries (for a sweet dipping plate), or my raw, vegan salted caramel sauce and apple slices. Yum!
I’ve enjoyed these beautiful pieces so much, and I love knowing that this serveware is so environmentally conscious. Some features of the Pacific Merchants Acaciaware®:
- The hardwood is harvested from privately owned lands.
- Acacia wood is naturally resinous, resisting penetration by liquids and the hardwood will not stain or pick up odors.
- All of Pacific Merchants Acaciaware® acacia wood bowls are hand turned, and other acacia wood items are hand carved, giving each piece a unique grain and beautiful look.
- Packing material is eco-friendly, made from recycled shredded cardboard boxes.
- Acaciaware® is easy care–just hand wash with warm soapy water and air dry.
I asked the folks at Pacific Merchants if they’d be willing to share some of their signature Acaciaware® with a lucky Choosing Raw reader, and they generously said yes. Enter my giveaway below to win:
- 1 round calabash salad bowl
- 1 set 7″ salad/pasta servers
- 1 13″ x 9″ organic chip and dip tray
The giveaway is open to US entries only.
Enjoy, friends. I’ll be back tomorrow with a green recovery post that is, simply put, extraordinary. I can’t wait to share it with you.
xo
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I would love to win these pieces! They are all lovely!
Love the salad bowl set – but I know I’m getting one for Christmas!! So I’d like the chip&dip tray – very cool.
Yay for all but I love the salad bowl! Happy thanksgiving!
The salad/pasta servers for sure! You have no idea how much I need a better utensil for tossing and serving salads!
All the pieces are lovely, but I think I would really like those pasta/salad servers.. Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway!
I love the salad bowl, but I have to say after looking at the website I’m pretty sure I want everything now! ๐ Thanks for sharing this wonderful giveaway!
Beautiful serveware!
I am super excited about the salad bowl! Like you, I make huge salads (and often eat them out of the serving bowl, such is the single life), and that salad bowl is the perfect size!
SO Beautiful! I have been looking for something like that! Thank you for this and for all the daily inspiration!
I love all of these pieces. I could definitely use the salad bowl! Thank you!
I love the salad bowl!!
Beautiful pieces!
You know, it’s funny but I think the servers would be my favorite piece. Although I love that bowl, too!
I want to try the salad bowl most!
i wouldn’t have thought about the sourcing of a beautiful piece like this — your post is a good reminder to be conscious of not just the food in it, but the wood itself!
The salad bowl is divine!!!
The gorgeous salad/pasta servers!
The servers are so lovely, and so too the other items. The wood is gorgeous. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Beautiful bowls!
love the salad bowl but I would really like to try the chip and dip set.
I love that salad bowl!!
The serving/salad bowl is gorgeous! I have always loved the look of wood dishes, I’ve just been afraid they wouldn’t hold up to consistent use or that they would take on the zesty flavor of some vegan sauces. Thank you for testing these! It looks like they’ve held up beautifully!
I have wanted a wooden salad bowl for quite some time – these are beautiful!
I always love the way wood looks as a serving vessel. The quality of those pieces looks great too. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love all the pieces! I’ve really wanted salad servers like this, though!
The salad servers are like hands. Which is what we use ๐ Thx!!!!!
These bowls are so lovely, but the chip and dip tray is my favorite!
Love everything – going to look at the website to see what else they have, too. Curious about how to take care of a wood salad bowl… I love those servers that come with it. ๐
That bowl is *beautiful*, I’m super excited for it!
Feel dirty posting for points…
I love the salad bowl!
I love the salad bowl- so gorgeous!
salad now!
The items are so warm & pretty
It’s lovely to get eco friendly and fair trade products like these ๐
I love wooden bowls, I would love to serve a big kale salad in the salad bowl!
The salad bowl and servers!
I’m a college and I have hardly any dishware. I would be most excited to win the bowl because I could use it for everything from salads to acai bowls!
I love this company!
The chip/dip tray looks the most interesting.
The chip and dip tray looks awesome!
Gena,
I left a comment & tried to enter the giveaway, but it said that it would process my entry. Is there anyway that I can still enter this giveaway in time?
Thank you,
Sarah Grace
These look beautiful, I would win to have them.
I think the chip and dip tray is the most exciting. There are more possibilities for it than just chips and dip
These items are so beautiful. I would love to try them all, but especially the bowl. It would be something that I would really use.
I can’t choose a most beautiful….I love ’em all! Great giveaway!
The chip and dip tray is adorable! That’s something you usually give as a gift/get as a gift but don’t buy for yourself. Love it!
The salad bowl is beautiful!
I am a sucker for wooden bowls and that salad/serving bowl looks especially beautiful!
The chips and dip tray.
We used to have something similar when I was growing up and I loved using them for family gatherings!
love the salad server!
The servers look amazing!
Salads that are large and in charge… <3 that, Gena!
Love the chip and dip server. This is great!
The salad bowl!
It’s all so beautiful! I love eating out of wood <3
I love their stuff! I’m definitely a bowl person so I love their salad bowl.
I LOVE the rustic look of these pieces! Will go great in our California home. Especially the salad bowl!
Their stuff is gorgeous!!! Here’s hoping I win, if not, I might just break down and buy some ;p
The chip and dip tray is so nice!
the salad bowl is lovely!
The salad bowl! We make a lot of salads around here!
I love the chip and dip serving bowl!
Ahhhhh the would go amazing with a soft grey decor…
I love this! I would love to try the chip and dip tray!
I like the salad bowl! All the items look nice.
I’m torn between the bowl and servers!
I would love to have their salad bowl for serving during the holiday’s!
I am probably the most excited by the chip and dip tray. I love the design!
Hey Gena, I’m really enjoying all your Thanksgiving ideas (and I’ve already promised one of my best friends your raw caramel apple pie bars!)
Cool company…and the size of that salad bowl is making me happy (I can never find a bowl in the kitchen at work that will hold all my salady goodness!)
The salad bowl is so clean and beautiful!
these are beautiful. and I didn’t know that Acacia wood resists stains – how cool!
I want to try the chip and dip bowl!
The chip and dip tray is so unique! Also, you can never go wrong with a giant salad bowl ๐
The salad bowl and utensils are lovely! All the pieces look like they are of fine craftsmanship.
I love the salad bowl for its beauty and for how often I would use it. But those pasta/salad servers are so beautifully designed!
All the pieces are gorgeous, but I think I’m most drawn to the chip & dip set.
I can only imagine how beautiful my salads and dishes would look in this wooden bowl! I love the salad servers, they are so unique. ๐
I would love to win the salad bowl!
Love wooden kitchenware! So pretty! My cherrywood spoon is my favorite!
I have a feeling the salad bowl is the piece that would get the most use here, but I could be wrong: I can imagine finding a thousand ways to use the chips and dip tray, too.
The salad/pasta servers are so different! I’d love to test them out. Or just display them because they’re so pretty & different looking!
I would love the salad servers! The wood is beautiful!
OOh, the chips/dip bowl for sure!
I’d love that chip and dip set!
I’ve been wanting salad server “hands” for ages! These are beautiful.
The chip and dip tray is so pretty!!
I love the chip and dip tray! So adorable!
That bowl would look so pretty on the table with a nice salad inside.
would love these! always need a bigger salad bowl…
these are beautiful! I especially like the salad bowls
I am most excited to sample the salad/pasta servers. These are great products!
The chip and dip tray. It’s really unique.
The chip and dip tray looks awesome! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love the salad bowl!
The salad bowl is so beautiful!
The beautiful salad/pasta servers!
I adore the chip and dip tray! Such a cool design!
The chip and dip tray looks fun. Thank you!