Robbie Sigona’s Produce Tips: Strawberries
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...
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Eating Greens is a Special Treat
Eating Greens is a Special Treat By Carmelo Sigona “Eating greens is a special treat” may seem more appropriate for Bambi’s buddy Thumper the rabbit...
Robbie Sigona’s Produce Tips: Avocados
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
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,...
In the Store with Sigona’s Featuring: Fresh Cranberries
Diane Rezendes, food writer For most of us, cranberries are a seasonal thing, not to be given much thought after Christmas – at the latest....
Robbie Sigona’s Produce Tips: Pears
One of my favorite fall treats is the pear. We’ve been buying pears from Meyer orchards for many years. They are a 3rd generation family well-...
Robbie’s Produce Tips: Cauliflower
No matter the color, whether white, purple, orange or green, cauliflower should be free of brown spots. The “jacket” of leaves should be green and...
Robbie Sigona’s Produce Tips: Squash
Robbie Sigona’s Produce Tips for Squash Squash should be firm with no softness to them. Soft spots or shrivel happen when they are old. As...
Robbie’s Produce Tips: Heirloom Tomatoes
Heirloom Tomatoes Selecting heirloom tomatoes is different than other tomatoes. These beauties should have a slight give. Even when soft, (picked super-ripe) they’re sweet, juicy, full...
Summer’s Delight: Unique & Heirloom Melons at Sigona’s
Summer’s Delight: Unique & Heirloom Melons By Robbie Sigona As we move into the height of summer, more melons make their way to our stores....
