Summertime is melon time, so grab a sweet-smelling honeydew or cantaloupe from Sigona’s today and get ready for an explosion of sugary flavors! Sweet Local Orange flesh Honeydew with a Drizzle of Reduced Balsamic I really like this 2 minute recipe on a hot day. It’s quick, easy and refreshing. I really like to serve [...]

One of life’s great pleasures is biting into a ripe, fresh and sweet piece of stone fruit. Whether it’s a peach, plum, apricot, nectarine or additional hybrid, local stone fruits are wonderful whether eaten out of hand or in a crisp salad. – Out of Hand OK, so maybe this isn’t exactly a recipe, but [...]

July means sunny skies, celebrating our independence on the 4th and summer barbeques with friends and family. And what barbeque would be complete without a piece of mouth-watering, extra-virgin-olive-oil drizzled bread adorning your plate? That’s why we’re excited to let you know that our fresh pressed extra virgin olive oils from the southern hemisphere have [...]

Fresh-picked corn lends itself to a corn-a-copia of delights…sorry, couldn’t resist! Whether on the cob or shaved off and stirred into a dish, don’t miss out on one of summer’s sweetest foods. – Grilled Corn Salad with Lime, Red Chili and Cotija I absolutely love grilled corn in a number of dishes. What I love [...]

Recipe courtesy of Luisa Ormonde, a local private chef and caterer. Luisa says, “I made these this morning for a client and will make them again for myself! I found the dough very easy to work with, *but if you are intimidated just use premade pot sticker wraps/round wonton wraps instead. Enjoy!” Makes approx. 25-30 [...]

In the Kitchen with Sigona’s Featuring Local Halibut Halibut has a snow-white flesh, firm texture (sometimes called the steak of seafood) and a mild flavor so easily takes on the flavors of other ingredients with which it’s cooked. It’s also naturally lean, packed with fatty Omega-3s to help break down cholesterol and is nutrient-dense. This [...]

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, [...]