Robbie’s Produce Tips: Nopales
Robbie’s Produce Tips: Nopales Choose young pads as they are more succulent and have a more delicate flavor Use within a few days after purchase...
Robbie’s Produce Tips: Nopales Choose young pads as they are more succulent and have a more delicate flavor Use within a few days after purchase...
Here’s some tips to help you select the best sweet potatoes: Choose sweet potatoes with firm, smooth skin Avoid those with soft spots, wrinkles or...
Robbie Sigona’s Produce Tips: Strawberries Strawberries should be… Fragrant. There’s no denying the strong, sweet scent of a fresh strawberry! Full red in color with...
The spears of the asparagus should be closed, tight and firm. It’s typical for older asparagus or imported asparagus to have flowering and/or soft tips....
by Sigona's Farmers Market · Published February 20, 2018 · Last modified February 17, 2018
Always buy local. Our globe-variety artichokes come from the Pezzini family in Castroville. These ‘chokes are guaranteed to be the freshest artichokes around and are...
Bok Choy Look for bok choy with white stalks and dark green leaves. Avoid pieces that have brown spots or leaves that are slightly wilted....
Avocados ripen best off the tree and are generally delivered not-quite-ripe to farmers markets and stores. Sigona’s always has ripe avocados available for our...
Robbie Sigona’s Produce Tips: Navel Oranges Choose oranges that are smooth skinned, deep orange in color, heavy for their weight and free of blemishes. Russeting,...
by Sigona's Farmers Market · Published December 25, 2017 · Last modified December 26, 2017
Grapefruit: Look for grapefruits with thin, smooth, firm skin that is blemish free. Pick those that are heavy for their size. Grapefruit can be stored...
When selecting mandarins: Look for good, orange color all over the fruit. A ripe mandarin should be firm, but not hard. Choose mandarins with bright...
If you know, you know! Our longtime customers know when we say these two fruits are available, they need to hurry in to the market! The season for heirloom Santa Rosa plums and heirloom Blenheim apricots will be done before you know it. You can't find these treasures just anywhere, and Sigona's is honored to work with the local growers to bring in these favorites. Find us in two San Francisco Bay Area locations: in Redwood City across from Costco and Palo Alto in the Stanford Shopping Center.
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