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Daily Dish the Sonoma Market blog

If you’re a fan of fun food facts, perfect pairings, kitchen hacks and other tantalizing trivia, you’ll love our Daily Dish Blog! Read on for delicious topics like DIY projects, Foodie FAQs, new and seasonal products, Wines of the Month, Health Notes from Dr. Liz and more.

  1. Ginger Hahn

    Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates

    Sacramento, CA

    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.  

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  2. Scott and Christina Vitale-Parsons

    Vitale’s Pasta Sauce

    Citrus Heights, CA

    Straight out of our own backyard in Placer County comes Vitale’s, owned by Scott and Christina Vitale-Parsons and established in 2011. These all-natural tomato basil and spicy crushed pepper sauces are made with local love and dedication to pure, honest flavors and ingredients.

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  3. Adam Engelhardt

    California Olive Ranch

    Oroville, CA

    Possessing the same passion and expertise characteristic of California wine makers, the producers of California Olive Ranch olive oils implement the same degree of care and knowledge to grow olives, resulting in top-quality local products since 1998.  Using olives 100% grown and milled in our Golden State, California Olive Ranch’s oils are natural, unrefined, and unfiltered extra virgin, pressed within hours of harvest to lock in fresh, fruity flavor.

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  4. Harlan Family

    Henry’s Bullfrog Farms Honey

    The Harlan family has been farming in Northern California for five generations. Their bees are located not only on the family’s land, but you’ll find Harlan bees buzzing around Yolo, Sacramento, Solano, and Colusa counties helping to pollinate local crops. Bullfrog honey is extracted from the comb without heat (preserving the beneficial enzymes), sieved through stainless steel strainers (preserving trace pollen grains and nutrients) and finally hand-bottled and labeled by the Harlans. 

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  5. Bariani Olive Oil

    Bariani Olive Oil

    Sacramento and Zamora, CA

    This local, family-owned and operated business, going strong since 1991, utilizes sustainable practices and makes olive oil and balsamic vinegars that are registered organic. Owned by Emanuele Bariani and Sebastian Bariani, this local olive-oil producer uses Mission and Manzanillo cultivars and is dedicated to quality rather than mass production and maximum revenue.

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  6. Jean Arnold

    479 Popcorn

    San Francisco, CA

    Jean Arnold began 479 Popcorn with a fond childhood memory of devouring fresh, organic popcorn that her mother made in a stovetop popper. While at London’s Le Cordon Bleu, Jean discovered that 479 degrees F. is the optimal temperature for popping corn, hence the name of her artisan product. Today, Jean makes popcorn in small batches by hand in her San Francisco kitchen, using organic heirloom corn, organic agave syrup, and locally sourced ingredients whenever possible.

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  7. Placer Country Real Food

    The Placer County Real Food Cookbook, Signed by the Author!

    For devotees of the local food movement, Nugget Markets has a special opportunity in store. Local author Joanne Neft will be signing her cookbook, The Placer County Real Food Cookbook, in our Roseville store on April 7 and 14. An advocate of eating locally, Joanne’s book incorporates recipes that use the best of what we can find at our area farmers’ markets.

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  8. Linda's $1,000 Richer! You Could Be Next!

    At Nugget Markets, we win 8 out of 10 price comparison surveys with conventional grocery stores and each month, we encourage our guests to take our price survey challenge. Just by taking our survey, guests are entered to win our monthly drawing for a $1,000 Nugget Markets gift card. Linda Stiles from Roseville took the challenge, and walked away $1,000 richer! Want to be our next price survey winner? Ask an associate for details or download our survey now!

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  9. Jenny R. of Davis, Gift basket winner

    Thanks for Your Support!

    Grand Re-Opening Bash – Davis, Covell Blvd.

    Thank you to all who came out and helped make our Grand Re-Opening Bash such a success! Our guests got a chance to check out our remodel and enjoy tasty samples, and there was even cupcake decorating for the kids! Congratulations to our lucky gift basket winner, Jenny R., who took home a basketful of our delicious Fresh to Market products! Our store director, Dave Welch, was excited to reveal the remodel, "A great time was had by all, and it was great to see our guests excited about our new look! We’re thrilled with our new-and-improved store and so thankful to have such amazing guests to fill it with."

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  10. Vintage Dubliner

    Vintage Dubliner

    It doesn’t get much more Irish than this!  Though not actually a Cheddar, this Irish classic is often lovingly compared to one. And you’re in luck, because this classic is on sale at $8.99/lb., save $6/lb. this week!

    Price valid through 3/20/12.

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