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To celebrate Frozen Food Month, Bianchini’s is offering one of the coolest deal in town! When you purchase $50 or more of frozen foods and ice cream in March, you can receive a $10 Instant Reward in April when you enter your phone number at the register. Stock up and save on your favorite frozen breakfast, lunch and dinners, frozen fruits & vegetables, snacks, appetizers, ice cream and desserts. Please remember to enter your phone number at the register during checkout to receive the instant reward.

This week, we are featuring Local Petrale Sole. While technically not a sole, but a flounder, petrale sole is considered the most flavorful and sought after of all Pacific flounder. With a mildly sweet, delicately nutty taste and firm texture, petrale sole is an excellent choice for grilling, frying and baking. Petrale sole is one of many sustainably harvested seafood items from the Bay Area that is delivered fresh to our stores. Stop by one of our stores this week to pick up fresh petrale sole and other excellent seafood for your Lenten meals. Looking for a little menu inspiration? Browse our petrale recipe collection for some truly delicious dishes!

Did you know that March is Frozen Food Month? Did you also know that Bianchini’s Frozen Food Stock Up Sale begins this Wednesday, March 1st? All month long, when you purchase $50 or more of frozen foods and ice cream, you will receive a $10 Instant Reward in April! (Remember to enter your phone number at the register in order to receive this reward.) Fill your freezer with all of your favorite frozen breakfast, lunch and dinner items, pizzas, snacks and appetizers, frozen fruits & vegetables, ice cream and frosty treats. Don’t miss out on this extraordinarily cool deal!

We’ve done all of the hard work, our jumbo prawns are peeled and deveined for your convenience, just cook and enjoy! Prawns are highly versatile, they’re equally great on the grill or the stovetop. Enjoy them barbecued for kabobs or prawn tacos, in your favorite pasta dishes, tossed with veggies for stir-fry, breaded and fried, in a seafood salad or enjoy with a dipping sauce for prawn cocktails. You can swap prawns for shrimp in many of your favorite recipes, making them as versatile as they are delicious! If you’re looking for menu inspiration, browse our prawns recipe collection.

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We are very excited to announce that Voila! Juice is now available at Bianchini’s. Voila Juice has been a part of the Bay Area since 1978. Starting with a single cart at the Berkeley BART station selling fresh squeezed juices and smoothie blends. Word of mouth quickly spread and Voila was a hit. Before long, Voila upgraded their operation to a small factory, began bottling their products and selling to local supermarkets. Over the years, Viola upgraded to a full-fledged juice extraction facility, expanded their selections and grew their customer base. Voila cold-pressed juices and non-dairy smoothies can now be found in many of the Bay Area’s top restaurants and bars, catering companies, and now, your local Bianchini’s Market.

“We couldn’t be happier about launching with Bianchini’s. Bianchini’s is committed to their local communities, and we’re incredibly thankful for their support of local Bay Area food and beverage producers like Voila.”
– Tim Sharp, General Manager, Voila Juice

Join us for our Voila Juice Sampling Events this March:

Friday, March 3rd from 2-4 pm at our San Carlos location.

Saturday, March 4th from 12:30-3 pm at our Portola Valley location.

Friday, March 17th from 2-4 pm at our Portola Valley location.

Saturday, March 18th from 12:30-3 pm at our San Carlos location.

Here’s a Fun Fact: Before moving to their current location in Oakland, Voila shared the same building in Emeryville with other food and beverage start-ups Noah’s Bagels and Gordon Biersch Brewery in the 1990’s. Today, that building is a part of Pixar Studios.

We are proud to introduce you to Bianchini’s new sushi items from local Sushi+ Plus. Owner Jin Lee and her staff hand make sushi rolls, sashimi, donburi and more in their restaurant fresh every day, and then deliver them directly to our stores. Stop by any day of the wee k to find freshly made sushi products from Sushi+ Plus.

The Annual Bianchini’s Lenten Seafood Festival is set to begin this Wednesday, February 22nd. In the coming weeks, we will have some of the highest quality, best tasting seafood selections delivered straight to our stores, ensuring our customers are receiving only the best. We hope we can make your Lenten meals the best they can be by delivering an assortment of seafood that is second to none. From the docks to your dinner plate, you’ll find the freshest seafood and tastiest recipes at Bianchini’s! Follow our link truly delicious seafood recipes, find it all from broiled lobster to blackened salmon.

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Look no further than Perfect Pairings. It’s a nifty tool that can help you determine which wine will compliment your meal the best. Simply choose your entrée, like fish/seafood, then choose the spices/flavor profile of the dish and then you’ll receive three recommendations showing which type of wine is good, better and best for your meal. Try Perfect Pairings today, it makes meal planning and wine pairing as simple as click-click-done!

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Let’s get the Valentine’s Day celebrations started with a sweetheart of a cocktail. Our Champagne Cocktail with Strawberry Purée is one drink you not soon forget. It’s extra bubbly and perfectly sweet with a nice crisp finish. Great for sharing with your special someone.

Champagne Cocktail with Strawberry Purée

Easy to prepare, even easier to enjoy

Ingredients

• 4 strawberries tops removed
• 4 shots orange-flavored liqueur
• 4 teaspoons honey
• 1 bottle champagne

Directions

Place the strawberries, orange-flavored liqueur and honey into a blender. Pulse until ingredients are well mixed and smooth.

Pour enough of the strawberry purée mixture into four champagne flutes to fill halfway.

Fill the remainder of the champagne flutes with bubbly champagne and enjoy!

Servings 4

These sweet treats are a perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your special someone. You could say it’s Love at First Bite! See’s heart-shaped box is a fantastic way to show your Valentine how much they mean to you. With an assortment of candies and chocolates to choose from, finding the perfect gift should be deliciously easy! Stop in and pick up a special heart-shaped box of See’s Valentines candies to share.