Tag Archives: local farmer

Sigona’s Grocery Specials: May 22-28, 2013

Posted 21 May 2013 | By | Categories: Grocery specials, Weekly Specials | No Comments

Beautiful Thanksgiving Centerpieces

Posted 29 October 2012 | By | Categories: News | No Comments

Available now for pre-order at our Redwood City store Need a hostess gift? Impressing the in-laws? Our beautiful Thanksgiving centerpieces, made from locally  grown flowers and in-season produce, come in five different styles and range from $14.99 – $49.99. Call or email our flower department at our Redwood City store to place your order. All [...]

The Joys of Melon Season: Part I

Posted 25 July 2012 | By | Categories: Farm Focus, Feature Articles, Local Vendors | No Comments

I honestly love this time of year. The weather is warm and fantastic every day, the San Francisco Giants are battling for first place and the first melons of the season are arriving in our stores. And let me just say this: they are tasting really, really good right now. We get our melons from [...]

Home Sweet Home Ranch

Posted 11 July 2012 | By | Categories: Farm Focus, Feature Articles | No Comments

“You know how I stay cool all day on my tractor in 100-plus degree heat,” Paul Buxman asked me from his Sweet Home Ranch in Dinuba, CA just south of Fresno. “I place a towel under my hat and fill it full of ice every hour. The cold water just drips down onto my head [...]

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Get Grillin’ with Local, Fresh-Picked Corn

Posted 27 June 2012 | By | Categories: Farm Focus, Feature Articles | No Comments

Ah, summer. Barbeques send swirls of mouth-watering scents through the air, kids run through sprinklers, you favorite fruits are now coming from local growers and iced tea is brewed in the summer sun. Speaking of barbeques, did you know you can cook almost anything on the grill? This includes corn on the cob. There is [...]

Beef Potstickers made with Open Space grass-fed beef

Posted 25 June 2012 | By | Categories: Recipes | No Comments

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 [...]

Robbie Sigona's Produce Tips: cherries, peaches & nectarines

Posted 13 June 2012 | By | Categories: Produce Tips | No Comments

Robbie Sigona’s Produce Tips: What’s New This week: We have in our famous, local Bing cherries from Andy Mariani’s orchard in Santa Clara Valley…just south of us in Morgan Hill. They’re huge, deep burgundy and extremely sweet. They arrive at Sigona’s within hours of being picked – Uncle Paul picks them up at 10 a.m. [...]

Local Cherries Hitting the Shelves

Posted 30 May 2012 | By | Categories: Farm Focus | No Comments

Local Cherries Hitting the Shelves California cherries have been on the scene for a few weeks, but now is the time we show off our locally grow gems from Gilroy and Morgan Hill! By Robbie Sigona Local cherries – one of the fruits we know you look forward to all year – are finally hitting [...]

In the Kitchen with Sigona’s featuring Cherries

Posted 30 May 2012 | By | Categories: Recipes | No Comments

In the Kitchen with Sigona’s featuring Cherries Cherries are delicious eaten on their own, but they add new level of flavor to savory dishes and grilled meats, such as pork. One of our customers even replaces tomatoes with cherries in their homemade salsa! Remember, cherries have pits in the middle so be careful when biting [...]