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Greetings from the Farm,

My favorite go-to snack as Spring approaches are our dried Suncrest peaches. Throughout our harvest, we dry our stonefruit on wooden trays lined up in the orchard, leaving us with the summer flavors we love at any time of the year. Each of the varieties we dry have their own unique taste and texture. As with the peach when it's fresh, these dried Suncrests are a hearty mouthful. The Suncrest's flesh is dense for a freestone and the peach retains this quality when dried, leaving a stand-out texture. It's a bit tart and not too perfumy, making the sugars that much more noticeable. I'm positive you'll be satisifed with a handful. We always sell-out of our dried fruit each year before the new harvest begins, so get yours now before it's too late!  

Also available right now for a short period of time is our Strawberry-cherry Conserve. Chef Becky rustled up enough strawberries to make a smaller than usual batch, and we know you've been asking about it. If you missed it the last time it was here and gone again, try a jar! I know you'll love the mix of strawberries with our dark sweet bings.

Have you tried our olive oil yet?  Our 2011 pressing will soon be available. Now's the time to try our 2010 estate-grown extra virgin olive oil, which features a smooth robust taste as opposed to the grassy & peppery flavor profile our olive oil is known for. This has been a great cooking oil!
 
Organically Yours,

  

 

                    

 

Greetings from the farm!

One of my year-round favorites from our kitchen happens to be our farm-fresh granola - in fact, many customers have called it addicting! While working as a baker at Alice Waters' Cafe Fanny, my wife, Chef Becky became a fan of their granola, a Waters family recipe. Becky began experimenting with making granola, and soon came up with her own (and my favorite) recipe.  I've tried a lot of granola in my days, and I haven't had any that I like as much as ours. 

The secret?  It's simple with a toasty flavor and beautiful warm brown color. Our granola features big clusters of organic rolled oats, almonds, raisins, sunflower and sesame seeds all toasted in sweet golden honey.

It's become a staple at our Ferry Building Cafe, where customers line up for our parfaits which feature our fresh organic fruit, granola and yogurt. I know you'll enjoy our granola on its own as a snack - or better yet, add our Seasonal Fruit Sampler or organic conserves to your order and make your own delicious parfait.

Organically Yours,



               

mushroom and leek empanada baked and plated Mushroom & Leek Empanadas

Our mushroom and leek empanadas are one of our most popular savory veggie flavors. Made in small batches as with all of our pastries, everything begins by brushing the mushrooms clean. Once everything is trimmed and sliced, the empanadas are individually hand-filled and folded, then immediately frozen for easy baking in our ovens here at the farm, at our Ferry Building cafe, or in our customer's homes when shipped mail order. When baked, the richness of the portobellas mingle with spritely zing of thinly sliced leeks in each hearty bite.

Empanadas measure roughly 5.5" x 2.5" inches, making them ideal as a brunch item, or as part of a light lunch (we recommend a side salad of crisp, bitter greens topped with sliced almonds and blood oranges).

This item sells in a pack of 6 for $40 or 12 for $70, and ships frozen, ready to bake. It is also featured as part of our Brunch Collection.

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Back again is our limited edition premium handcrafted gift box. This year we've matched up our Warren pears with top some of our favorite artisan producers in The San Francisco Bay Area. Only 50 boxes are available. Shipping is included on this handcrafted reusable wooden gift box - $159

Gift Set Includes:

Warren pears Gift Box by Frog Hollow Farm (Brentwood, CA) -  packed in our new (recycled!) gold-stamped gift box, these are the pears that have created the buzz this holiday season. Featured in O magazine as one of Oprah's favorite things, in the Thanksgiving issue Martha Stewart's LIVING, and recently in the LA Times.

We've chosen each item in this box based on what pairs nicely with our rockstar Warren pears. 

A wedge of Carmody Cheese by Bellwether Farms (Petaluma, CA) - Co-star of our Pears & Cheese gift pack, the Carmody Cheese was selected by Frog Hollow and Bellwether Farms as the perfect complement to our Warren pears.  Our customers have agreed! Inspired while touring Italy, Liam Callahan, Bellwether's farmer and cheese maker worked to create a distinctive cow's cheese that was mild yet full of "fresh milk flavor". An excellent table cheese, the Carmody enhances the vanilla notes of the Warren.

A box of Chipotle Caramel + Almonds Popcorn by 479° Popcorn (San Francisco, CA) - This is not the same-old holiday popcorn gift!  The smoky chipotle and ancho chili flavor blended with rich caramel and roasted almonds offers a sensation of warm, lingering heat with a sweet finish.  This popcorn beautifully compliments our Warren pears and serves as the perfect holiday snack.

A jar of Burnt Caramel Sauce by Recchiuti Confections (San Francisco, CA) - Our neighbor in San Francisco's Ferry Building, Recchiuti Confections is a local favorite for their unique chocolate flavors and treats. We fell in love with their Burnt Caramel Sauce drizzled over our fresh Warren pears. The sauce features an intense, smoky flavor with a buttery finish.  

A tin of Organic Golden Monkey tea by Red Blossom Tea Company (San Francisco, CA) - We serve Red Blossom's tea in our San Francisco Ferry Building Cafe.  Their Organic Golden Monkey tea was gathered in April 2011 from the Wuyi Mountains of Northern Fujian. Red amber in color, light for a black tea, it is exceptionally smooth and tannin free with notes of oven-roasted sweet potato. Slightly sweet and with relatively low astringency, it complements the pears as well as any of the sweets in the box.

A tin of Chocolate & Caramel Shortbread by Clairesquares (San Francisco, CA) - Warning...these are highly addictive!   Clairesquares are a buttery shortbread dream with a hefty caramel center and Belgian chocolate topping. Enough said.... Just let it be known, we warned you.

Harvest Trio of Conserves by Frog Hollow Farm (Brentwood, CA) - Our Harvest Trio features one jar of Peach conserve, one jar of Apricot conserve, and one jar of Nectarine-Plum conserve.  These are our customers' favorite conserves, made using our legendary stone fruit.  


spinach, winter squash, and feta empanada baked and plated Spinach & Feta Empanadas

Our seasonal veggie empanadas are back. As the days get colder, there are few things we love more than a piping hot savory empanada.

 The Farm Kitchen has just made up a batch of amazing Spinach, Winter Squash, and Feta empanadas. Wrapped in our light and flaky pastry, the blend of mild feta and spinach is offset by the gentle sweetness of the winter squash.

Empanadas measure roughly 5.5" x 2.5" inches, making them ideal as a brunch item, or as part of a light lunch (we recommend a side salad of crisp, bitter greens and a pear vinaigrette).

This item sells in a pack of 6 for $40 or 12 for $70, and ships frozen, ready to bake.

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Website overhaul

Oct 12 2011

Welcome to our new website! We've listened to your requests for a smoother online experience and have switched to Shopify as our web and e-commerce platform. You can expect increased security, smoother modern browsing, and what's most exciting for us, an easier way to keep our many fans updated about what's going on at the farm.

Customer accounts from the old site could not be migrated, so if you like to store your frequently used addresses and billing info, you'll have to take a moment to create a new login during your next checkout. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we imagine you'll find it worth the time as there will be no more frequent errors with our coupon codes or ordering issues for mobile users! Creating a customer account is not necessary to make a purchase, so please feel free to checkout as a guest.

Shopify is allowing us to do a lot of fun new things, and we're giving tiered shipping a try! Ordering more than $80 worth of goods? Now pay just $25 for shipping anywhere in the country. For the full breakdown of our new shipping rates, see our Shipping Info & Policies. Browsing around, you'll also notice our full line of scones and scuffins available for the first time as individual orders, as well as cases of any of our conserves and other spreadables.

We hope you like the new website as much we do and invite your feedback. Frog Hollow Farm also takes accessibility seriously, so please let us know if you encounter any problems while using a screen reader or any other assistance program to navigate our site. We'll do our best to address the needs of our customers.

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