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Bakery, Specialties

Guittard Chocolate Collection Etienne (and a Chocolate Walnut Cookie recipe)

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Guittard Chocolate Company’s Collection Etienne line of chocolates was first introduced in 2000 and was developed for the professional pastry chef and chocolatier. Made from the world’s most select cacao beans, using time-honored vintage French methods and small batch manufacturing processes that were employed by the company’s founder, Etienne, Guittard also works closely with pastry chefs and chocolatiers to come up with a chocolate that accomplishes a specific flavor in their final confection or pastry product.

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Bakery

Guittard Chocolate Company, a Bay Area institution since 1868!

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Guittard Chocolate Company is a Bay Area based chocolate maker celebrated for crafting world-class chocolate based on traditional French methods. Founded in San Francisco in 1868, Guittard is the oldest continuously owned and operated family chocolate-making business in the United States.

The Growth of a Family Business

In the 1850s, Etienne Guittard embarked on the arduous journey from Tournus, France, to San Francisco in search of gold. An experienced chocolate maker, Etienne had brought French chocolate to trade for mining supplies but ..read more

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Specialties

Single Barrel Bernheim Wheat Whiskey

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Now available in a very limited quantity: Single Barrel Bernheim Wheat Whiskey hand-selected by the Mollie Stone’s team!

We enjoyed our Evan Williams Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey so much last year that we decided to select another single barrel again this year. Wanting something unique and different for our customers, we reached out to the Bernheim Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky, where Bernheim Original Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey is distilled in Rickhouse Y.

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Cheese

Austrian Cheese Delicacies: Moosbacher

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With Moosbacher (pronounced “MOOSE bocker”), the cheese masters wanted to combine the sweetness of a big-hole cheese with the spiciness of red-smearing culture, which they succeeded in doing by combining the two maturation processes. The Moosbacher has this method to thank for its unique flavor, juicy bite and fine spicy aroma.

The visual impression also underscores the uniqueness of the Moosbacher. It is wrapped in a linen cloth specially manufactured in a small weaving mill, symbolizing both the technical tradition as ..read more

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Bakery

Kletzenbrot: A Versatile Austrian Treat

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Kletzenbrot (pronounced “kliit zenn BRO:T”) is a unique, dense fruit-based bread. Mollie Stone’s Kletzenbrot is baked by the Thurnhofer family in Salzburg, Austria, which has been crafting this specialty for three generations since 1936. Every loaf is made lovingly by hand, one by one, using only the very best ingredients.

Consisting of 80% fruit, Kletzenbrot is made with golden seedless raisins, dried figs and pears, rye and wheat flours, water, rum, spices, natural flavors of lemon and vanilla, salt and yeast. ..read more

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Gluten Free, Seafood

Introducing Fishpeople seafood entrees

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We’re excited to welcome the newest member of our grocery family – Fishpeople!

Based in Portland, Oregon, Fishpeople creates delicious seafood entrees with a commitment to supporting sustainable, wild fisheries in the Pacific Northwest. Fishpeople’s ready-to-eat, wild caught seafood meals in shelf stable poaching pouches are revolutionary because they make it possible to have a delicious seafood meal anywhere, any time – a camping trip, a lunch on the go, or a last-minute dinner for the kids.

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Specialties

Pasta Sommelier with the Delverde Pasta Boys

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The Delverde Pasta Boys are visiting from Italy! The Pasta Boys will be hosting Pasta Sommelier events at your local Mollie Stone’s, offering live cooking demos and pasta tastings.

Top quality is not just a claim – you can feel it, touch it and taste it. In this interactive cooking series, the Pasta Boys will teach the audience how to identify a quality pasta through 5 “fun actions”: Smell, Look, Touch, Taste and Enjoy. Next, the chefs will prepare an authentic ..read more

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Produce

All About Morro Bay Avocados, plus a recipe for Morro Bay Avocado Soup

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As shared by Megan Shanley of Shanley Farms

Life for those living in Morro Bay on the Central Coast of California is a little chillier than one might expect. The summer temperatures here don’t get much above 75 degrees, and the fog usually doesn’t burn off until the early afternoon, if at all. We wear a lot of sweatshirts and jeans, and unless we’re in head-to-toe wet suits, you rarely find us playing in the ocean! Tourists love to escape here ..read more

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