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September is Love Local Month — and tomorrow, September 22, is National Eat Local Day! It’s the perfect excuse to cook at home and pull together a complete meal made entirely from local ingredients. Here’s one to get you started, built around Mary’s chicken.

Local Mary’s Chicken with Caramelized Carrots

Ingredients

• 2 lbs Mary’s whole chicken legs
• Kosher salt and black pepper
• 1 bunch small, thin carrots, preferably with their green tops
• 2 heads garlic, unpeeled and halved crosswise to expose the cloves
• 1 lemon, thinly sliced, seeds removed
• ½ bunch oregano, plus more leaves for garnish
• 1 cup olive oil

Directions

1. Heat the oven to 325°F and season the chicken all over with salt and pepper.
2. If your carrots came with greens, trim the tops to about ½ to 1 inch and set the greens aside for
garnish.
3. Nestle the chicken legs flat and snug in a large shallow baking dish or braising pot (about 2½ to 3
quarts). Tuck the halved garlic, carrots, lemon slices, and oregano in around the chicken, then pour
the olive oil over the top and season once more with salt and pepper.
4. Roast, uncovered, until the chicken is meltingly tender and the carrots and lemon have
caramelized — about 55 to 65 minutes.
5. Let rest a few minutes, then serve on plates or right from the dish, scattered with the reserved
carrot tops and a little extra oregano.

Tomorrow, September 22, marks the first day of Autumn quarter at Stanford — and in the whirlwind of week one, grocery shopping is easy to forget. Bianchini’s is here to help, delivering groceries straight to your student’s dorm through Instacart and DoorDash. Order their favorite foods, snacks, and drinks, and stock them up with quality meats, cheeses, milk, yogurt, frozen treats, and fresh-baked breads for quick meals between classes.

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The WNBA Playoffs tip off Sunday, September 27, and our local Golden State Valkyries are in the mix — so let’s cheer them on! Food and drink are a must at any watch party, so load up on finger foods and crowd-pleasing snacks that are easy to enjoy while you’re on the edge of your seat. Round it out with a bottle from our California Wine Month selection, and you’ve got a winning game-day spread.

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September is Love Local Month at Bianchini’s Market! For over 50 years, we’ve partnered with local farms, producers, and vintners — which is why you’ll always find local, farm-fresh produce, poultry, seafood, fine wines, craft beers, premium cheeses, artisan breads, specialty grocery, and so much more under our roof.

Experience it firsthand at our Taste Local Food Festival, where you can sample a selection of delectable products from local producers.

Raise a glass — September is California Wine Month, celebrating the peak of the annual grape harvest across the nation’s top wine-producing state. It’s a time to honor everything our local vintners and growers bring to the economy, culture, and lifestyle of the Bay Area and the Golden State.

10% off wine when you buy 6 bottles or more — every day!

And join us to taste La Honda Winery at our San Carlos store during the Taste Local event:

• San Carlos — Saturday, September 19 at 12:00–3:00 PM

Say hello to Chantelle’s Granola, a small family-owned business with a heartwarming origin. It began in 2013, when Sally Li visited her daughter Chantelle — a nutritional chef — in Santa Barbara and was treated to a wholesome homemade granola breakfast. The family started sharing it with friends as gifts, and the enthusiastic response led Sally, Bryan Cheng, and Chantelle Cheng to launch Chantelle’s Granola in 2015.

Today the family still crafts their granola in small batches every week — an artisan, handmade product made with the best 100% organic, hand-picked ingredients and no preservatives. As their guiding philosophy puts it: “Handmade with Love” and
“Share with Pure Intentions.”

Look for Chantelle’s Granola on our shelves.

Stop by our San Carlos store before the game for our Brew Local Beer Tasting,
pouring some of the Bay Area’s favorite independent breweries.

San Carlos — Wednesday, September 9

• Barebottle · 12:00–4:00 PM

San Carlos — Thursday, September 10

• Narrative Fermentations · 11:00 AM–3:00 PM

• Laughing Monk · 12:00–4:00 PM

• Devil’s Canyon · 3:00–5:00 PM

History is being made this week: the San Francisco 49ers open their 2026 season against the Rams in Melbourne — the NFL’s first-ever regular-season game in Australia! Catch the action Thursday, September 10 (it kicks off Friday morning Melbourne time). To celebrate the Faithful going Down Under, we’re channeling our best Aussie spirit and throwing another shrimp on the barbie. Fire up the grill, gather ’round, and get in the game-day mood with this easy recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• ½ cup white wine

• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

• 1 teaspoon sea salt

• 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

• 2 garlic cloves, minced (or 1 teaspoon garlic powder)

• 1½ lbs large shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails left on

• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped

• Lemon wedges, to garnish

Directions

1. In a bowl, whisk together the olive oil, white wine, lemon juice, salt, pepper, cayenne, and garlic. Add the shrimp and toss to coat. Refrigerate to marinate for about an hour — no more than two, or the lemon juice will begin to “cook” the shrimp.

2. Heat the grill to medium. Cook the shrimp until just done, about 3 minutes per side.

3. Sprinkle with parsley, garnish with lemon wedges, and serve.

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year — Hebrew for “Head of the Year” — begins at sundown on Friday, September 11, and concludes at nightfall on Sunday, September 13. In celebration, our stores will carry fresh-baked round challah from Woodside Bakery, a longtime Bay Area favorite.

Woodside Bakery is a traditional European-style “scratch” bakery that makes everything in-house using the highest-quality ingredients, and their love of baking shows in all they create — including their famous challah. The bread’s round shape symbolizes the hope for a New Year full of blessings. Along with the challah, Woodside Bakery bakes a variety of other goods delivered fresh to our Portola Valley and San Carlos stores. Stop by our bakery to pick up a freshly baked round challah for your celebration.

Available September 10. Shana Tova — a good and sweet year to all who celebrate!

Join us for our Love Local Hog Island Oyster Palooza! Hog Island harvests its Sweetwater and Highwater oysters and delivers them fresh to Bianchini’s — shucked to order. Sweetwaters, grown in Tomales Bay, bring a medium texture and mild brine with a slightly sweet, smoky finish. Highwaters, from Humboldt Bay, offer a medium texture and light brine with an earthy finish. It’s the same oyster many local specialty restaurants insist on.

6 for $12, 12 for $20

San Carlos & Portola Valley

Saturday, September 5

11am to 3 pm