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This Halloween, try Ocean’s Halo Seaweed Chips and an easy to make, healthy dip sure to please everyone on your trick and treat list!
This dip takes about 10 minutes to make, so it’s perfect for even a weeknight Halloween or costume party along with a bag or two of Ocean’s Halo chips. Plus, the orange color of the dip contrasts wonderfully with the black seaweed chips to create the perfectly spooky look.
This recipe, which is vegan (just like Ocean’s Halo!) ..read more
After all of the delicious new things from September, our Natural & Specialty Buyer Tamira decided to do another “Top 10” list of her favorite new things that arrived at Mollie Stone’s this October.
1. Ocean’s Halo Seaweed Chips The first totally delicious, crispy, crunchy chip made from sustainably harvested and nutrient-rich seaweed. These are made locally by a Bay Area-based natural foods company founded by four Burlingame dads. Mollie Stone’s is among the very first retailers nationwide to carry this exciting ..read more
As you wander our aisles on your next shopping trip, we hope you’ll add something new to your shopping basket – a chip that’s tasty enough for the snack aisle, yet healthy enough for the produce aisle.
Ocean’s Halo Seaweed Chips are the first chip on the market that can claim seaweed as its primary ingredient. Seaweed, as you may know, is a superfood ingredient that’s trending big at the moment, and for good reason: it’s chock-full of vitamins and minerals, ..read more
Join us at Mollie Stone’s Pacific Heights on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, to meet award winning chocolatier Gary Guittard of the Guittard Chocolate Company! We’re hosting a meet and greet with Gary, who will be available to answer your questions and to share samples of his new Collection Etienne Baking Bars and Single Origin Bars.
4pm – 6pm on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Mollie Stone’s Pacific Heights 2435 California Street, San Francisco, CA
We hope to see you there! Click here to learn more ..read more
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.
Noting that home cooks are ..read more
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
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
Endive has a lovely presentation for finger foods and appetizers as a healthy, versatile and delicious substitute for crackers. Endive leaves are the perfect bite sized vessel for any prepared salad or dip.
California Endive Farms shared several of their favorite appetizers with us – keep reading for recipes!
Whether you use red or white – or a combination of each, which always looks especially stunning – the small, slim endives have a natural elegance and are available at Mollie Stone’s year-round for everything from backyard BBQ summer salads to holiday appetizers for entertaining.
No Need to Wash – Great Raw or Cooked
Once you’re ready to use endive, there’s no need to wash it. The leaves have not been exposed to soil and are harvested and packed under sanitary conditions. ..read more
In the spring of 1831 Jan Lammers returned from the Belgian War of Independence to his farm near Brussels where he had stored chicory roots in his cellar while he away. He had intended to dry and then roast them for use as a coffee substitute. However, his chicory roots, having rested several months in the dark, damp confines of his cellar had achieved a different result. They had sprouted small, white, leafy shoots from the top of the root. ..read more