In the Kitchen with Sigonas featuring Melons
In the Kitchen with Sigonas featuring Melons For the rest of this summer, we’ll be spoiled for choice of some unbelievably sweet, juicy and refreshing...
In the Kitchen with Sigonas featuring Melons For the rest of this summer, we’ll be spoiled for choice of some unbelievably sweet, juicy and refreshing...
Tips for Healthy Living We’ve partnered with Dr. Doug Husbands of Holistic Health Bay Area to bring you a new set of Tips for Healthy...
Robbie Sigona’s Produce Tips: Unique and Heirloom Melons Melons are some of the trickiest fruits to select; each gives off a different sign and there...
How to pick fresh Blue Lake Beans Carmelo Sigona tells you how to select and prepare fresh Blue Lake Beans (green beans). For example, look...
Sigona’s Infused Balsamics Have you tried our aged balsamics? We have traditional balsamics and infused offerings, too. All the balsamics are produced according to standards...
Balsamic & Olive Oil Pairings Here is a sampling of some of the most amazing balsamic and olive oil fusions. Did you know we have...
Recipes: 50 Smoothies Cool, fresh, flavorful and filling…I love smoothies! Flipping through a back issue of Food Network Magazine, I came across a special insert...
Come and get it: local corn is in season Shuck it, grill it, put it in a salsa — one of the summer favorites is...
Summer’s Treasure: Locally Grown Tomatoes Though delayed by cooler weather, the season’s tomatoes are in and bursting with that long-awaited flavor of summer. By Robbie...
Olive Oil of the Month / Sigona's Olive Oil & Balsamics
by Sigona's Farmers Market · Published August 9, 2011
Sigona’s Fresh Press Olive Oil of the Month (August 2011) We’ve just received the first set of Australian oils for the 2011 season and can’t...
Carmelo Sigona emigrated in 1912 from Sicily, bringing with him the tradition of making his own wine. His grandson and namesake, Carmelo Sigona, co-owner of Sigona's Farmers Market, has fond memories of his grandfather making wine and serving it at family meals on Sundays. After years of wanting to make his own wine just like Grandpa Sigona, present-day Carmelo has finally made his dreams come true. Tune in for more.
Nothing is more rewarding to Rob Sigona, our passionate produce buyer, than taking a road trip to visit one of Sigona's favorite farmers. About a five hour drive from the Bay Area, nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills, is the town of Springville. There you will find a place seemingly untouched by time; a place called home to orange grower Ron Matik of Pleasant Oaks Ranch. Since 1984 Ron has grown some of the best heirloom navel oranges in the state, if not the world: the heirloom Washington Navel. "I have yet to taste an orange that is better than ours,” says Matik. “Maybe some with the same sweetness, but never better.” And Sigona's agrees! Heirloom Washington Navels are the variety that got the whole California citrus market booming all those years ago. It takes special attention from the farmer to tend to the soil and the variety to produce such outstanding fruit. "Small farmers, such as Ron, are a dwindling breed,” says Rob Sigona. “They’re passionate caretakers of the the land that produce exceptional quality; they are the rare gems." It is an achievement to find such great tasting oranges to bring in for our customers. We are excited to announce we’ll get a load of specially picked and packed heirloom Washington Navels in our store this week, delivered directly from Pleasant Oaks Ranch. So, come on by Sigona's to enjoy a slice of California’s prized history…for FREE! You can get a bag of free Pleasant Oaks Ranch oranges starting today through March 5th with your coupon when you spend $30 or more in the store.