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With the Fall season is upon us, people are gearing up for some of the the year’s most food-oriented holidays, like Halloween and Thanksgiving. While it is a great time of year to indulge in tasty food and treats, it also important to stay healthy. Everything in moderation!
Pumpkins are, perhaps, the symbolic food of the autumnal season and are, in fact, a great healthy option to incorporate into your everyday diet.
Get the 411 on the healthy reasons to eat pumpkin:
Halloween marks the first major holiday of the Fall season with all things pumpkin, fabulous costumes, and sweet treats galore! While this holiday is popular in North America, the traditions of this spooky day aren’t as widely celebrated across the globe. People from countries all around the world have their own Halloween equivalent that is just as scary as ours!
Here is a little Halloween lesson about how the rest of the world celebrates their version of this holiday:
Pictured Above: The San Francisco SPCA with Grand Central store manager, David Parrisher, and Mollie Stone’s COO, Steve Stamos
To commemorate our 30th Anniversary, Mollie Stone’s Markets has celebrated by showing our appreciation to our customers and our community with give-a-ways, in-store food samplings, store-wide sales, and $30,000 donated to local schools and non-profits.
Calling all pumpkins! Calling all pumpkins!
Pumpkins are synonymous with the Autumn season. There are a number of ways to enjoy them. They can be used as fashionable seasonal décor or as an ingredient for a yummy Fall recipe. The possibilities are almost endless!
Mollie Stone’s carries a wide variety of pumpkins to satisfy every Fall lover this season:
White Mini Pumpkin Parachute Pumpkin Baby Pumpkin Lil’ Tiger Stripe Pumpkin White Martian Fingers Gourd Speckled Mini Pumpkin Mini Pumpkin Cosmic Star Pumpkin Fairytale Pumpkin Swan Gourd Mini Turban Squash Angel Wings Gourd Ghost Eye Pumpkin White ..read more
If you’re anything like us, at one point or another you’ve wondered through the market and seen a strange hybrid between cauliflower and broccoli and asked yourself – what is that?
That is Romanesco, also known as Roman Cauliflower, Romanesque, Broccolo Romanesco and Romanesco broccoli. This chartreuse vegetable is actually an edible flower bud originally from
It’s that time of year again… Oktoberfest! Our resident craft beer expert, Kiley, has picked a few of his favorite beers to drink this fall: Warsteiner, Spaten and Hofbräu. Keep reading to learn more about these festive brews.
Warsteiner Oktoberfest Special Edition • Sauerland, Germany 5.9% ABV Produced in limited quantities every year during Oktoberfest, this special edition beer is mild and smooth with a unique hoppy aftertaste. Warsteiner uses quality hops, extra-soft water obtained from the Kaiserquelle (Kaiser’s Spring) and the best brewing barley ..read more
This festive celebration was established in October 1810 by Prince Ludwig of Bavaria in celebration of his marriage. Over 200 years later, year after year, the celebration is held at the same location. “Wisen” (the local term for the celebration) is a Bavarian event that has become a celebration of life not only for the Bavarians and all Germans but also worldwide, with some form of Oktoberfest event in breweries and cities around the globe.
Oktoberfest now lasts 16 days, beginning ..read more
Summer is ending and so is the bounty of peaches. Before they’re gone for good, try these yummy peachy treats. We promise you won’t regret it!
Fresh Peach SorbetNo ice cream maker – no worries! With just 4 ingredients, you can make this delicious sorbet. See recipe here.
Peach Pecan Crisp“Juicy peaches and toasted streusel come together to make one simple summery fruit crisp!” See recipe here.
Every year, we invite some of our favorite local bloggers to try our famous New Mexican Hatch Chiles. Here are a few of their recipes for you to try!
Stuffed Hatch Chilies with Scrambled Eggs & Bacon-Veggie HashTry this hearty entree for your next Sunday brunch. See recipe here.
Corn Muffins with Hatch ChilesCreate the perfect dinner muffin with Hatch Chiles and fresh corn kernels. See recipe here.
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, a two-day celebration that begins in early autumn on the first day of Tishrei (the seventh month of the Jewish calendar). Rosh Hashanah begins the High Holy Days which end ten days later with Yom Kippur. It is a time for introspection, looking back at the mistakes of the previous year and planning changes to make in the new year.
During the holiday, it is customary to refrain from bitter, sour and tart foods, ..read more