Fresh Dungeness Crab & Pan-Seared Gnocchi in a Lemony Basil & Garlic Sauce This is a fresh-tasting comfort dish combining the luxury of fresh crab with delicate, pillow-like texture of locally made gnocchi. You don’t have to brown the gnocchi, but I love how it creates a little crust on the dumpling. Serves 2 as [...]

Carmelo’s Simple, Easy Vinaigrette This one is so simple, basic and easy I couldn’t help but call it just that: a simple, easy vinaigrette. I like to keep a mixture of this handy for a quick lunch when I’m on the go. It’s also easy to bottle and take to work. 3/4 TBL minced shallots [...]

Summer’s bliss is here in the Bay Area. The sun is shining , the birds are chirping and if you listen closely you can hear a universal “U-S-A! U-S-A!” chant in the background. That’s because the summer Olympics are in full swing over in London. And what better way to celebrate back here at home [...]

Sigona’s Fresh Press Olive Oil of the Month: June 2012 Since the last time we chatted, the sun has been shining brightly over the Bay Area, our San Francisco Giants have been gaining ground on those pesky Los Angeles Dodgers and the Facebook IPO was about as underwhelming as a stale cracker. Fledgling stocks aside, [...]

A Pair for the Palate: Savory Goat Cheese with Fig or Pear Figs and goat cheese. Figs stuffed with goat cheese and drizzled with honey, for good measure. How about a pear and goat cheese topped green salad? Goat cheese and any fruit for that matter. Can it get any better? If you love that [...]

Sigona’s Fresh Press Olive Oil of the Month: May 2012 Ah spring! It’s time to welcome back the sun shining on your face, the San Francisco Giants to AT&T Park and flavor-exploding salads to your lunches, dinners and BBQs. You may already be planning a nice home cooked meal for Mother’s Day – and Memorial [...]

In the Kitchen with Sigona’s featuring Asparagus My one caution about asparagus is not to overcook it, and that’s a pretty universal sentiment. Even going back to Rome, the Emperor Augustus is said to have dispatched orders “to be done in less time than it takes to cook asparagus.” Grilled Asparagus Try grilling asparagus to [...]

Bonus Recipes Featuring Barber’s 1833 Vintage Reserve Cheddar Absolutely one of the best white cheddars we have in our store, the Barber’s 1833 Vintage Reserve Cheddar is aged at least 24 months before its made available, making it deliciously creamy with both savory and sweet notes. The Barber family have been in the cheese-making business [...]

In the Kitchen with Sigona’s featuring Spectacular Cheeses We have some incredible cheeses on sale this week at Sigona’s…savings this extreme don’t come around too often, so hurry in to try these cheeses today! The following are recipes for a few of our super-sale cheeses – including one you can get for free next week, [...]