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Since 1999, Michael and Monica Keller’s life goal has been to produce and distribute the best quality local olive oils possible. Calolea’s products include extra virgin olive oil, crushed citrus oils, and 12- and 18-year aged balsamics, straight out of Northern California.
Olives are nothing new to the Lucero family, as they’ve been growing these gems in Northern California for three generations and lay claim to some of the oldest olive trees in the region. While Dewey Lucero started the family-owned and operated business in 2005, his grandfather began producing olive oil for close friends and family by pressing small batches in a hand mill back in the day. Today, Lucero’s local award-winning olive oils and balsamic vinegars are available to not only the family’s close friends and relatives, but to Nugget guests, too.
In 2010, Papalote Salsa Trading Co. began, following in the footsteps of San Francisco’s highly acclaimed Papalote Mexican Grill which has been in business since 1999. Victor Escobedo, Jodi Hernandez, and Miguel Escobedo create 100% natural, vegan, gluten-free salsas that have been said to hit “the trifecta of spicy, salty, and smooth” according to Sunset Magazine.
Wine Country Kitchens has been making gourmet food products for more than 15 years, creating everything in-house at their facility in Napa. With the commitment to offer “Fine Foods of the Napa Valley,” Darrin Channels founded the business in 1996, creating local products that are 100% organic, all-natural, and vegetarian.
Founded in 2001, local Pachamama Coffee Cooperative is a farmer-owned coffee co-op, taking “fair trade” one step further by ensuring that their coffee farmers receive the fair trade price for green beans and also receive all proceeds from sales of the finished product. Pachamama’s mission: To improve the lives of small farmers while providing premium, fair-trade, 100% organic coffee for all to enjoy.
John Kinder opened his first meat market in the Bay Area in 1946 and, three generations later, his family continues to produce their line of top-quality barbecue sauces and marinades. Kinder’s many varieties of marinades and barbecue sauces (ranging from mild to “Exxxtra Hot”) are all-natural, gluten-free, with no MSG and no HFCS.
Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery was founded in 1968 amongst the beautiful Sonoma County redwoods and has been family-owned and operated by the Bice family ever since. Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery (which is solar powered!) produces both Redwood Hill Farm all-natural goat milk artisan cheeses and products, as well as Green Valley Organics lactose-free cow milk products.
East Bay brothers Ari and Andrew Cohen were on a quest to find the perfect dairy-free frozen dessert and an “outrageously good ice cream alternative.” Today, the brothers have done just that with their Mr. Dewie’s almond milk frozen desserts. Vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, and soy-free, Mr. Dewie’s almond milk “ice creams” are luscious, creamy, and local!
Established in 1912, this family-owned and operated sustainable farm uses milk from their registered Holsteins, Jerseys, and Brown Swiss cows.Known for its unique artisnal and handcrafted San Joaquin Gold, Fiscalini Farms creates its award-winning cheeses with milk piped directly from the milk storage tanks in the dairy farm to the cheese factory.
With more than 10 years experience as a formally trained chocolatier and pastry chef, Ginger Hahn can be found at her local Midtown Sacramento boutique, making chocolates, developing new recipes, and sharing her passion and love for everything having to do with chocolate. Try one of Ginger’s dessert bars (which are vegetarian-friendly) to see why this local businesswoman has been named one of 2010’s “Top Ten Chocolatiers” by Dessert Professional Magazine.