Fall into Local Apple Season
Fall into Local Apple Season Fresh-picked, local apples are now available in our stores, including some unique heirloom varieties from Gizdich Ranch in Watsonville, Calif....
Fall into Local Apple Season Fresh-picked, local apples are now available in our stores, including some unique heirloom varieties from Gizdich Ranch in Watsonville, Calif....
Robbie Sigona’s Produce Tips for Bartlett Pears These aren’t just any Bartletts, they’re locally grown, dry-farmed and heirloom organic Bartlett pears from Dashing Ranch. Bartletts...
Local & in Season: Unique Bartlett Pears from Dashing Ranch New farmer Eiran Ben-Dashan dry-farms organic Bartlett pears in the Santa Cruz Mountains…but these aren’t...
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...
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...
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...
Simple, Healthy, Delicious: Local Cherry Tomatoes Small Cherry and grape tomatoes, those flavorful, bite-size treasures, come in a variety of colors and flavors. Besides adding...
In the Kitchen with Sigona’s featuring White Corn Fresh-picked corn lends itself to a corn-a-copia of delights…sorry, couldn’t resist! Whether on the cob or shaved...
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.
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