Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 10, 2020 is Mother’s Day
Don’t stress! We are putting together some items you can purchase to show mom your appreciation with a minimum of physical contact.
Stop by The Annex Friday-Sunday (May 8-10) between 10am-6pm to pickup Organic cookies, cakes, wine, cards & flowers you can leave on mom’s doorstep.
If you would like to pre-order please call The Annex at 510-526-5150
6″ Round Cakes $30
(chocolate, vegan chocolate, vanilla with fruit filling)
Tres Leche Cakes (1/4 sheet) $50
Decorated Sugar Cookies $3/each
Floral Arrangements-Please speak with our Floral Department for a quote
Closing Early at 5 pm on Monday 3/16
Quench Your Marathon Thirst!
This weekend’s weather is supposed to be sunny and clear. For those of you planning to run the Bay to Breakers, this is really good news!
After the race, you my be craving something refreshing. What better beverage to drink than Sufferfest!? After all, the athletes behind this awesome gluten removed craft beer, developed the recipe inspired by their own post run thirst!
And if you love wine, stop by the Annex after the run for our Grand Wine Tasting from 2-5 pm. More info here > Grand Wine Tasting Tickets
Closed on Thanksgiving Day
Holiday Survival Guide
Holiday Survival Guide
- Bubbles In The Fridge:Keep a few bottles of Sparkling Wine and/or Sparkling Apple Juice on hand, ice cold, ready to pop. Jazz sparkling wine up with a few fresh cranberries or a splash of liqueur and your guests will be wowed.
- Cheese, Please: Stock your dairy drawer with a soft goat cheese, a hard cheddar or Gouda, and a Havarti. Pair with crackers, fig jam, and sliced seasonal fruit.
- Freezer Friends: Grab a few boxes of heat-and-eat party favorites like edamame from our freezer section.
- Chic Decor: Grab some succulents or air plants for unique and low maintenance table decorations.
- Candles: Everything (including your complexion) looks better in candlelight, the ultimate party trick. Grab beeswax candles to clean (*purify) the air in your home.
Thanksgiving Menus
THANKSGIVING MENUS
Email: info@naturalgrocery.com to pre-order today!
Turkey Dinner for Eight People
(100% Organic)
- Whole Diestel Organic Pre-Cooked Turkey (12-14 pounds)
- Turkey Gravy (1 quart)
- Bread Stuffing (3 pounds)
- Candied Sweet Potatoes (3 pounds)
- Mashed Potatoes (3 pounds)
- Sautéed Green Beans (2 pounds)
- Cranberry Sauce (1 pint)
- Dinner Roll (8 each)
Price: $149 ($18.64/person)
Individual Turkey Dinner
(100% Organic)
- Turkey Breast (Diestel Organic)
- Turkey Gravy
- Bread Stuffing
- Candied Sweet Potatoes
- Mashed Potatoes
- Sautéed Green Beans
- Cranberry Sauce
- Dinner Roll
Price: $25/person
Individual Vegetarian Dinner
(100% Organic)
- Vegetable Loaf
- Vegetarian Gravy
- Bread Stuffing
- Candied Sweet Potatoes
- Mashed Potatoes
- Sautéed Green Beans
- Cranberry Sauce
- Dinner Roll
Price: $22/person
Individual Vegan Dinner
(100% Organic)
- Grilled Tofu
- Mushroom Gravy
- Vegan Bread Stuffing
- Candied Sweet Potatoes
- Vegan Mashed Potatoes
- Sautéed Green Beans
- Cranberry Sauce
- Dinner Roll
Price: $22/person
Email: info@naturalgrocery.com to pre-order today!
Why Drive to Napa?
Taste 30 small production wines at the ANNEX for just $10!
We are hosting our 5th bi-annual Grand Wine Tasting and Price Crush Wine Sale. On Sunday, October 9th from 2 to 5pm come to the Prepared Food Annex (10387 San Pablo Avenue) to taste 30 wines by artisan producers. The ticket price for the event is $10. This may be the most affordable wine tasting event in the Bay Area!
Annex Wine & Beer handpicks products to bring you clean, natural, sustainably-produced wines, a large number of which are certified organic and biodynamic.
If you would like to read more about us and other natural wine shops in the East Bay, check out this article.
Self-Serve Organic Hot Bar – Now Open!
We know you are often pressed for time.
So we did a little re-design of our counter and opened up a self-serve selection of prepared foods.
We’re keeping them warm so you can have a hot lunch without waiting for us to pop it in the oven.
Select your food just as you would for the salad bar. We’ll weigh it.
The price is $8.99 per pound.
Simple as that.
Dry Farming
Every summer our customers and employees anxiously await the arrival of the best tasting tomatoes we have all year. The Dry Farmed Early Girl. But what is dry farming and why do these tomatoes taste so much better than the others? Dry farmed tomatoes are planted during the last rains of spring and never watered again. Their root systems go deep (up to 30 feet) into rich organic earth to get water. This extensive root system also picks up extra minerals, thus creating a very flavorful tomato. Dry farming is all about conserving and retaining soil moisture to support the crops without supplemental irrigation. A drawback is that dry farming creates smaller yields to those crops grown using irrigation, but the flavors can’t be beat! Dry farmed tomatoes are usually smaller because the plant spends a lot of it’s growth potential on it’s root system. This causes the plant to produce an intensely flavored, meaty tomato.
There are also environmental benefits to dry farming. Dry-farmed growers are reducing water use by not irrigating. Further, as water resources in California become scarcer and more strictly regulated, growers will also find themselves exempt from these water regulations, since they are not using irrigation water, or, in most cases, water for frost protection. Dry farming is the way crops were grown in the United States more than 100 years ago. Tomatoes are also not the only crop that are dry farmed. Right now we have local Dry farmed Macintosh apples from Watsonville and a great selection of dry farmed wines at the Annex! Among these are 3 wines from Yamakiri Vineyards here in California. Papillion de Nuit, a Syrah, is grown on the Mendocino ridge. Yamakiri Sauvignon Blanc is grown in the Yorkville Highlands and the Yamakiri Rose is grown in the Anderson Valley. There is also a dry farmed, Biodynamic wine at the Annex right now. Enrique Mendoza’s La Tremenda is grown in Alicante, Spain.
Come on down to The Natural Grocery Company and stock up on all of our dry farmed goodness! Remember, dry farming = great flavors!
By, Casey Goode, ECNG Produce Manager