Sigona’s Dried Fruit and Nut Specials: May 2-8, 2012 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge

In the Kitchen with Sigona’s for Passover and Easter When it comes to food, this time of year is one of the most meaningful and festive as the next week marks one of the most widely observed times of the religious year for Christian and Jewish families. Our Sigona family knows more about the Easter [...]

John Sigona’s Pick of the Week: Dried California Navel Oranges Dried California Navel Oranges on sale $1.99 Reg. $3.99 5.5 oz. container Dried California Navel oranges… are you kidding me? Yes, we carry lots of unusual dried fruit and nut items, some of which you may have no clue as to how they are used. [...]

John Sigona’s Dried Fruit and Nut Pick Delightful, unique and hard to find dried fruit and nuts…we’ve got plenty of them. Like different varieties of nuts which mix wonderfully with any number of salads, including fruit salads. Take our unusual collection of flavored walnuts, for example… Honey Roasted Walnuts Cinnamon Walnuts Orange Honey Walnuts (my [...]

Create Your Own Cheese Plate Impress your guests with a gourmet cheese plate this holiday season. It’s easy to make your own, just remember this little jingle: “Include something old, something new, something goat and something blue.” ** If you’re making a plate for a large crowd, include two wedges of each variety you choose [...]

Treasured Heirloom Blenheim Apricots Available Now Rich, complex-flavored Blenheims are a local gem with a fleeting and extremely short season. By Robbie Sigona Heirloom Blenheim apricots. These delicate, beautiful fruits were once synonymous with the Santa Clara Valley…before it was known as the Silicon Valley. Bay-Area lifers will know exactly what I’m talking about when [...]

Another Gelato Creation You’ve Got to Try!! You already know Massimo! We told you earlier this summer we’d announce several new, exclusive flavors of Massimo’s gelato and sorbet…remember that? Well, in this issue we’re unveiling two new flavors: Bleeding-Ripe Boysenberry Gelato, made with perfect boysenberries from Vince Gizdich’s ranch in Watsonville, and an heirloom apricot [...]