Do summer holidays get any better than Independence Day? Red, whiten and blue everywhere, great weather, grilling, seasonal food, friends, family, fun – and fireworks!! Here at Oliver’s, we are doing our best to bring you all of the ingredients needed for a fitting celebration of America’s birthday, whether you want to pick everything up […]

In botany, stone fruits are technically called drupes. The term stone fruit comes from the stone-hard covering that you find surrounding the single large seed found at the fruit’s core. The stone supports the fruit while it hangs from the tree branch by its stem by providing a way for nutrients to pass from the […]

Let’s be honest here. When did you last have a Pizza Night? You know, a gathering of friends or family where you top several crusts with everyone’s favorite sauce, cheese and toppings as you sip a beverage and socialize? It’s been a while, right? Well, this is the week to remedy the situation and get […]

Petaluma Poultry/ROCKY® Chicken If you live in Sonoma County, you hear a lot about ROCKY® the Free Range Chicken, but do you know the full story? Allen Shainsky was born into a family of egg farmers and developed his passion and respect for poultry at an early age. He founded Petaluma Poultry in 1969 and […]

Where’s the Beef? Corned Beef That Is There’s nothing more Irish than corned beef and cabbage, right? Wrong? Well, it’s complicated. Corned beef and cabbage were actually adopted for the celebratory feast by Irish immigrants in New York City. The Irish working class frequented Jewish delis, which is where they first tasted the corned beef. […]

On the Origins of Asparagus Our love-affair with asparagus in the West started around 2,000 years ago, in the area along the eastern stretch of the Mediterranean. While they started as a wild plant, it wasn’t long before people began working to cultivate the tasty spears domestically. The ancient Greeks and Romans were two such […]

Featured Drinks Ingredients: Grand Marnier Orange Liqueur (375 ml Bottle $19.99) Kettle One Vodka (750 ml Bottle $17.99) Recipes: Cupid’s Arrow Cosmo Playbook Party Punch Featured Appetizer Ingredient: Nicasio Valley Cheese Co. Locarno Brie ($18.99/Lb.) Recipes: Sweetheart Brie with Fig Preserves Game Day Brie with Sweet & Spicy Jelly Featured Main Dish Ingredients: Oliver’s Choice […]

A Zest-y History Fun fact: Did you know all citrus fruits can be traced back to a single ancestor? This great-great-great grandmother citrus tree originated in what was once a part of the Persian Empire, where it quickly diversified into several types of different citrus fruits, some of which we might recognize today and others […]