This Week at Farmers Markets

After the success of the first week, we will continue this week to offer at farmers markets a special cut of pasta exclusively for farmers markets and half pound of our pasta at bulk price.

You can try these offers both on Thursday (May 31st) at the Marin Civic Center Farmers Market and on Saturday (June 2) at the Marin Country Mart one.

This week the special offers are:

Twins in Whole Durum from a special selection of California grains @ $6

Half-pound bags of Durum Spinners @ $3

We will also continue to sell some of our wonderful KAMUT® corkscrews @ $8.

Finally we will soon start to sell Baia Pasta in Oakland Farmers Markets. We will announce our new market calendar next week.

Our packaging is “damn cool”…

The awesome work of Alex and Becca at Zipfly gets National recognition on Bon Appetit.

They designed the best packaging we could imagine, and then some….

Thanks to Bon Appetit for the mention and endless thanks to Zipfly for their vision.

 

Special Offer At the Thursday Farmer’s Market

Baia Pasta will start this Thursday at the Marin Civic Center Farmers Market to offer a special deal for all the shoppers.

Every week we will offer a different cut of pasta in half-pound bags at a special discounted price. It is an easy entry point for all carbivores interested to try a new special pasta from the Bay!

This week we will begin with one of our favorite pasta: the whole durum pac-macs.  A half pound bag will be sold for just $3!

Also every week we will propose a special type of pasta out of our catalogue.

This Thursday we will sell fabulous KAMUT® corkscrews that we just produced.

To learn more about this great wheat variety you are welcome to visit kamut.com, the website of the organization promoting this grain, which is as far as we know the only agricultural product in North America grown only organically. 

Come early to try the pac-macs and the KAMUT® corkscrews: we have just a limited amount of bags available.

The Market starts at 8am and ends at 1pm.

Where to Buy Baia Pasta: an updated list of retailers

We are very excited to announce that our pasta is now selling also out of California.

The first two stores that are regularly carrying our products are:

All Things Italian, in Bozeman, MT

Oliva di Vita, in Delafield, WI

We are thankful for these pioneers!

Here is an updated list of all the retailers in the Bay Area where you can get Baia Pasta:

Bi-Rite, SF

Fatted Calf - SF & Napa stores

Rare Device - SF 

Biondivino WIne Store - SF

Rockridge Market Hall - Oakland

The Pasta Shop - Berkeley

Amphora Nueva - Berkeley

Summer Kitchen Bake Shop - Berkeley

Dan’s Fresh Produce - Alameda

Veggie-Box - San Jose (picture below)

Zanotto’s @ Willow Glen - San Jose

Mill Valley Market - Mill Valley

Comforts - San Anselmo

And finally, starting from this weekend

Woodland Market - Kentfield

Don’t forget about our Baia Pasta store fronting the production space in Jack London Square in Oakland: it is the only place where you can get all the different types of pasta.

News on Farmers Markets and Pop-Up Events

Many important news to announce about our presence at farmers markets and at new events in the coming weeks:

Mac&Cheese 2.0 at the Marin Country Mart 

Cooking at farmers markets pasta plates that needs to stay hot and crunchy for many hours is tricky! After several trials with different types of pasta, cooking techniques and small changes in the recipe, we can finally say that we have now found the perfect recipe for mac&cheese at  farmers markets. The final version will feature our durum nutshells and dry jack and cheddar in equal portions in the recipe. Come this Saturday at the farmers market in Larkspur Landing to try it. We will start serving Mac&Cheese around 10am until the end of the market at 2pm. You will be delighted!

You can also try our mac&cheese this Sunday in Jack London Square in front of our store, from 10.30 to 1.30 pm, right in the heart of the weekly JLS farmers market

Baia Pasta at the Thursday Marin Civic Center Farmers Market in San Rafael

Starting Thursday 17th we will be selling our pasta boxes every week at the Marin Civic Center farmers market in San Rafael. We are really proud to start collaborating with one of the great organization advocating sustainable food in the Bay Area: the Agricultural Institute of Marin.

We are planning to be at more weekly farmers market. Check our website in the coming weeks, as we should be able to announce soon our presence at other farmers’ markets in the Bay area.

The Pop-Up market in Temescal is back!

Saturday May19th we are very excited to participate to the inauguration of the Pop Up-Foods monthly market in Temescal, which will be hosted by the great Pizzaiolo restaurant. 

You can already pre-order our pasta in their website.

The cuts available on pre-order are: our famous durum corkscrews, the whole spelt mohwaks, just introduced in our catalogue, and, uniquely for this time, the spicy-mix durum ringlets with habanero chili and annatto, which we introduced few days ago to our CSA subscribers to celebrate the Cinco de Mayo.

Many other cuts of our pastas will be available at the booth during the event hours (from 10am to noon). Hope to see many of you there!

Grand Debut of the Whole Wheat Pesto Salad at the Farmers Market

Tomorrow we will begin to offer together with our legendary mac&cheese, also a pasta salad with pesto made with our whole durum twins. Both plates will be available in a small and large plate for $3 and $5 respectively.

Our stand will begin serving both plates around 9.30 until the closure of the farmers market at 2pm.

Also, don’t forget to pick your weekly fix of Baia Pasta at the farmers market: we will have 10 different shapes available for you.

Hope to see you all at the Marin Country Mart in Larkspur Landing tomorrow.

In the Pantry of SFoodie’s

We have been listed in SFoodie’s countdown of the favorite 50 things to eat and drink.

Jonathan Kauffman writes:

“The shapes have heft and texture. Their walls are a millimeter or two thick, and it’s almost impossible to shatter one in your hands. They’re rough to the touch when dry, and maintain enough of that quality to pick up sauce as eagerly as a paintbrush”

Read the whole blog post.

Gotham Box

Our pasta was recently featured in a Gotham Box, freshly delivered to your doorstep with great artisanal finds in SF and NY. On top of that, they donate a meal in SF or NY for each subscription or gift…
Thrilled to be part of that and still working for some delicious special in the months to come.
For more info: www.gothambox.com and @gothambox

Signore e Signori: The Paccheri!

Yes, the 10th cut has been finally added. Paccheri, an Italian favorite.
We’ll soon have a logo for them as well. Available in durum and whole wheat.
Oversized pasta? Bring it on! 

Mac & Cheese at the Marin Country Mart Farmers Market

We are very excited to announce that this Saturday we will begin selling our pasta at the Marin Country Mart Farmers’ Market in Larkspur.

We will bring a selection of different cuts of our pasta and we will also cook again our famous mac&cheese, one of the staples of the Mission Underground Market last years.

For the Marin Country Mart we will prepare a kid-friendly version without tabasco, featuring our durum sardinians (or gnocchetti sardi).

Here is a preview of what people can expect:

The Mac&Cheese will be available from 9.30 in the morning for just $5.

Hope to see many of you there!

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