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The Annex Sessions: Trio Misterio – Wednesday, May 14, 2025

May 8, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

“The Annex Sessions” will continue our music series on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 6-8:30pm at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex) 10387 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito with

Trio Misterio

 

Featuring:

Sascha Jacobsen, bass

Scott O’Day, guitar

El Misterio, bandoneon

 

Classic Argentine Tango, Milonga & Valse

 

www.saschajacobsen.com

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The Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier Navarrette Music.

SunJams is committed to funding children’s music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.

All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 – any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.

Javier Navarrette Music continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.

COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES

Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.

TICKETS

Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter and pay at the registers.

Filed Under: Annex, Blog, Events, Special Events, The Annex Sessions

The Annex Sessions: 2024 Fundraising Report

May 1, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

Recently Amer Budayr, representing Sunjams, presented a check for $5,000 to Barbara Hodgkinson of the California Symphony. These funds were raised in 2024 by the Annex Sessions, Wednesday night music performances at the Annex in El Cerrito. These weekly free music events are sponsored through the joint efforts of The Annex, Sunjams, and Javier Navarrette Music. The funds will be used to support the Sound Minds program at Downer Elementary School in San Pablo, providing free instruments and instruction to students.
2024 Financial Report
The Annex Sessions presented 48 shows in 2024.
The Natural Grocery Company donated $12,000 in 2024 in support of The Annex Sessions.
From the donations you gave, money disbursed to musicians in 2024:
$42,343 (this includes $9600 paid to produce the shows).
SunJams pledged to give $100 per show to the California Symphony/ Sound Minds organization. The check was for was $5K (SunJams rounded up the amount of the donation).
Thank you for your generous donations and support for this series!

Filed Under: Annex, Blog, Events, Neighborhood World Music Sessions, Special Events, Stores_both, The Annex Sessions

The Annex Sessions: Danilo’s Trio Universal

April 30, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

“The Annex Sessions” will continue our music series on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 6-8:30pm at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex) 10387 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito with

Danilo’s Trio Universal

Featuring Danilo Paiz, Olga Vinnik & Hermann Lara

 

Singing in five languages and playing a dozen different rhythms, Danilo’s Trio Universal truly have a repertoire with something for every musical taste.

In his extensive musical career, Danilo has performed as a percussionist with internationally known musicians such as Carlos Santana, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, and Mary Wilson of The Supremes. With his guitar trio, Danilo demonstrates his mastery of guitar and vocals. He is accompanied on percussion and lead vocals by Olga Vinnik, and on saxophone and backing vocals by Hermann Lara.

Come join us for an unforgettable evening!

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The Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier Navarrette Music.

SunJams is committed to funding children’s music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.

All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 – any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.

Javier Navarrette Music continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.

COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES

Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.

TICKETS

Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter and pay at the registers.

Filed Under: Annex, Blog, Events, Special Events, The Annex Sessions

May 2025 Sales Flyer A (4/30-5/13)

April 30, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

May Sales Flyer A 2025 (4/30-5/13) (Larger Print)

Filed Under: Annex, Blog, Holiday Tips, Non-GMO, Organic foods, Stores_both

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes Recipe

April 28, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes 

1 hr 30 mins

Makes 18-20

Vegetarian

 

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour or cake flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon sea salt

12 tbps (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened

1 ½ cups cane sugar

3 egg whites

1 cup buttermilk

Zest and juice of 2 medium lemons

1 lb unsalted butter, softened

2 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted

¾ cup strawberry jam, divided

10 ripe strawberries, halved

 

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and cane sugar together until pale in color. Whisk in egg whites until batter is smooth.
  • Fold in half the dry ingredients, then half the buttermilk and repeat. Fold in lemon zest and juice.
  • Line two cupcake pans with cupcake liners and fill 2/3 full of batter. Bake for 20 minutes (rotating pans halfway through baking) or until a toothpick inserted in the centers come out clean. Set aside to cool completely.
  • Cream butter and add sifted confectioner’s sugar. Beat frosting until smooth then mix in ½ cup of strawberry jam. Place in a piping bag fitted with a star piping tip.
  • To decorate cupcakes, pipe frosting in a circular pattern over the top of the cupcake leaving a well in the center. Place a teaspoon of strawberry jam in the center of the frosting. Top cupcakes with a strawberry half.

Filed Under: Blog, Recipe Ideas, Stores_both

The Annex Sessions: Mónica María Dúo Especial – Wednesday, April 30, 2025

April 23, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

“The Annex Sessions” will continue our music series held at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex) on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 6-8:30pm with

 

Mónica María Dúo Especial

plus Marlon Aldana y Kyla Danysh

 

vocals, jarana, leona, violin y cajon, son jarocho, original music and latin folk covers

 

Monica Maria’s music reflects Californian roots mixed with traditional, earthly and contemporary sounds of Latin America. A vocalist, multi instrumentalist and composer, her songs are innovative and expressive of a world where cultures coexist, where fear is transformed by compassion, where we learn to love truly, and where we view the world from a empathetic and holistic state of mind.

Monica Maria’s music reflects the mix of its California roots with traditional and contemporary sounds of Latin America. Singer, multi-aganter and composer, her songs are innovative and expressive of a world where cultures coexist, where fear becomes compassion.

love

She has been a performing artist in the Bay Area since 2002 and released her debut album of original music “Nuevos Caminos” in 2020.  Monica is an alumni of the Afro Cuban Ensemble at San Francisco State University and one if the early members if the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble.  After many years of studying and performing salsa, cuban son, latin jazz and other Latin music genres, Monica developed a love for son jarocho (traditional music from the south of Veracruz, Mexico) which has become the genre music which she is most dedicated to.  Her original compositions are a blend of these musical and cultural influences, yet also reflect her Californian roots.  Monica has had the joy and honor of collaborating with many musicians here in the bay and in Mexico such as John Calloway, Anthony Blea, Marlon Aldana, Kyla Daynish, Laura Rebolloso, Pablo Emiliano Garcia, and Jeronimo Gonzalez.

 

www.MonicaMariaMusic.com

 

Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier Navarrette Music Productions.

SunJams is committed to funding children’s music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.

All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 – any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.

Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.

COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES

Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.

TICKETS

Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter and pay at the register.

Filed Under: Annex, Blog, Events, Special Events, The Annex Sessions

Nominations For Best Of El Cerrito 2025 Are Open!

April 18, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

🌟 Calling all El Cerrito friends, family, and neighbors! 🌟

The Natural Grocery Company is proud to be part of this amazing city, and we’d be honored to be recognized in the Best of El Cerrito 2025 awards!

If you love what we do, please consider nominating us by visiting the ballot link below. Whether it is for our Grocery Store or The Annex, please let us know if you like what we are doing!

Your support helps shine a spotlight on the people and businesses that make El Cerrito such a special place.

👉 https://www.elcerritochamber.org/best-of-ec

 

Let’s put El Cerrito on the map together! 💛

Filed Under: Annex, Blog, Business Practices, El Cerrito Store, Events, Health foods, Non-GMO, Organic foods

The Annex Sessions: JazSynergy – Wednesday, April 23, 2025

April 18, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

“The Annex Sessions” will continue our music series held at El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company Prepared Food Annex (The Annex) on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 6-8:30pm with

 

JazSynergy

Wilson Brooks – drums, vocals

Paul Branin – guitar, saxophone

Simon Russell – vocals, left hand bass, keyboards

 

What can be said about the amazing sounds of JazSynergy!

These three highly respected Bay Area musicians have combined their individual stylings to create a unique blend of musicality, soulfulness, chemistry and pocket. Reaching back to the sounds of Jeff Beck, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Sly and the Family Stone. Fusing Jazz, Funk, R&B and Blues together seamlessly like a well-oiled machine.

JazSynergy never disappoints its fans.

 

Natural Grocery Company is proud to present this series in partnership with SunJams and Javier Navarrette Music Productions.

SunJams is committed to funding children’s music education in underserved public elementary schools. Your donation will help support this ongoing program.

All of the proceeds will go directly to our network of local musicians, each of whom have been severely impacted by the lack of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whether you donate $10, $100, or $1000 – any amount helps and will allow us to keep bringing music to our community! As always, your donation to SunJams 501(c)3 may qualify as tax exempt.

Javier Navarrette Music Productions continues to bring live music to several venues around the Bay Area. Javier has been a professional musician and music educator in the Oakland Unified School District for the past 20 years. Over the past few years Navarrette has produced outdoors events that have proven instrumental in enabling musicians to deal with some of the fallout of the pandemic and shutdown that followed.

COVID RELATED SAFETY MEASURES

Please be safe. Feel free to wear a mask if you prefer.

TICKETS

Tickets are NOT required for this venue, you can simply come in, order food and beverages at the Annex counter and pay at the register.

Filed Under: Annex, Blog, Events, Special Events, The Annex Sessions

Don’t Panic! Easter Dates!

April 16, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

We’re open for regular hours all Easter Weekend!

 

Berkeley & El Cerrito Stores

8:30am to 8:30 pm, seven days a week

The Annex

7:30am-8:30pm, seven days a week

Filed Under: Blog

Natural Dyed Eggs Recipe

April 11, 2025 by The Natural Grocery Company

Natural Dyed Eggs Recipe

1-2 hr

 

Ingredients

1 quart water

2 tablespoons white vinegar

Hard boiled eggs

For pink eggs: 2 medium beets, shredded or 2 tablespoons beet powder

For blue eggs: ¼ small red cabbage

For orange eggs: 4 yellow onion skins

For yellow eggs: 2 tablespoons ground turmeric

 

Directions

  • Place water and one natural coloring agent into a 2-quart pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15-30 minutes. Cool mixture and strain each mixture into a separate bowl using a fine sieve. Stir in vinegar.
  • Place hard boiled eggs into respective dyes for 20 minutes, longer for deeper color.

Filed Under: Blog, Holiday Tips, Recipe Ideas, Stores_both

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