Baia Pasta

Pop Up Thursday 16th at Sweet Bar Bakery

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:32:00 -0400

The Sweet Bar Bakery will launch its first Thirsty Thursday with a Mac’n’Cheese dinner made with our pasta on May 16, 7-9 PM.

$14 for our famous mac’n’cheese, plus house salad and a special roasted fruit and mascarpone napoleon: the deal of the year!

The Sweet Bar Bakery team will work on a vegan option with our spelt macs.

A la carte sides include Belcampo merguez sausage, beer, wine and other desserts!

A wide selection of Baia Pasta will be available during the event.
Renato will be attending the event and will give you all the information you need about Baia Pasta plus tips on the best sauces to cook our different shapes of noodles with.

If you want to attend, send your RSVP to cupcake@sweetbakery.com

We're featured on this month's 7x7

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:47:00 -0400

Many, many thanks to Amy, Schuyler, Annie and the 7x7 team for the write up.

They have taken a snapshot of the pasta A-team in SF at the moment and included Bob Kline’s Community Grains and John&Anna’s Mattarello, popping up increasingly more often in the city with their Bologna-inspired creation (tortellini anyone?).

Makes us proud and happy that we all are on the same page, with a different focus, all making the same statement: grains are awesome.

Regardless of the shape or the flavor you want to bring home, we have done the best we could to bring you the best artisanal edge on pasta.

Thank you for loving us <3

New flavors from Baia

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:56:21 -0400

In the past month we have toyed with several new flavors in different formats. You can find now two of the best new creative pasta in our store in Jack London Square or on Sunday at the Temescal-Oakland and Cal-Ave Palo Alto farmers markets.

The “Bollywood” Sardinians are enriched with curry and lemon zest powder. They are perfect with braised greens (kale, chard and spinach) and lamb ragu.

The other cut we really liked are the Jalapeño Pac-Macs. We like them with a simple tomato sauce in Italian soffritto.

Come these days to try these new specialties!

The Shed at Healdsburg is now open

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:04:37 -0400

It is in our opinion one of the most beautiful food store with bar and restaurant opened in the region in years. We are proud to announce that the Shed in Healdsburg is featuring a great range of our pasta. Among several types of our semolina pasta it is also the first retailer to have in stock our Kamut™ pasta.

Whenever you are around Sonoma County we recommend you strongly to visit the store.

Baia Pasta takes a break for Easter weekend

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:13:10 -0400

Hi y’all! Just a quick note that Sunday March 31st our store in Jack London Square will be closed for the day.

Plans for the day: eating with friends and enjoying a proper Colomba for Pasqua. ^_^

(just in case you want a Colomba, ping Brian at Starter Bakery)

Baia Pasta at Whole Foods

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:57:59 -0400

You can now find your favorite Baia Pasta at two Whole Foods stores (Cupertino and Oakland).

We hope to increase distribution to other stores when we’ll ramp up production to 5 days/week in May. At that time we’ll have a fully operating packaging machine that will speed up bagging and allow for a smoother production rate. More quantity without compromising quality, that’s our goal and promise.

Pretty in pink

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:18:00 -0400

It’s finally here! Our new pink box for Kamut®…
An ancient grain type, it is also named Khorasan wheat. This grain is twice the sized of modern-day wheat and is known for its rich nutty flavor.
Kamut “…is very high in protein content. It also contains a high mineral concentration especially in selenium, zinc, and magnesium. This grain variety is considered a high energy wheat, and provides the body with more energy in the form of complex carbohydrates. Because of its low oxidation levels it loses little nutritional content when being ground and processed. Even though this wheat variety contains gluten, it has been found to be more easily digestible by people who may have slight allergic tendencies.”

KAMUT® khorasan is a trademarked grain that has to:

Be the ancient khorasan variety of wheat
Be grown only as a certified organic grain
Have a protein range of 12 – 18%
Be 99% free of contaminating varieties of modern wheat
Be 98% free of all signs of disease
Contain between 400 and 1000 ppb of selenium
Not be used in products in which the name is deceptive or misleading as to the content percentage
Not be mixed with modern wheat in pasta

Long story short…probably the healthiest grain we have on the shelf.

Baia Pasta @ the new Bi-Rite on Divisadero St.

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:50:54 -0400

Proud to be on the shelves of the new Bi-Rite on Divisadero St.
Sam has been a great supporter of Baia Pasta and we’re definitely excited that the Bi-Rite family is expanding as well. Go Bi-Rite!

(Bi-Rite 18th St in the 40s)

We proudly support BRITEsport !

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:13:25 -0500

Never enough carbs for a hungry competitive cycling team.
And, of course, we’re very happy to sponsor and support them with all the organic pasta they need. Go team! http://britesport.tumblr.com

BRITEsport 2012 team camp from John Jenkins on Vimeo.

Williams Sonoma Palo Alto Artisan Marketplace next Saturday, Feb 16th 12-4PM

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:01:00 -0500

We’ll be in Palo Alto next Saturday with Chef Edward Higgins. He’s going to cook our pasta with one of his great sauces (from his new venture Vaso Cucina).

Plenty of sampling from us and others vendors as well.

Baia Pasta at Slow Wine - Monday Feb 4th

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:06:00 -0500

All Italian wine aficionados will be able to enjoy our pasta cooked by master chef Rudy Duran from C’Era Una Volta at the great Slow Wine Event scheduled on Monday Feb 4th at the Terra Gallery in SOMA.

Hope to see you many of you there!

We're in Japan !

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:27:00 -0500

This week we’re loading another pallet to be shipped to Japan.

What else can we say? We’re stoked to be loved even overseas…

ありがとうございます

Indie Canteen, Monday Jan 21st, 5:30-7:30PM

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:50:22 -0500

Baia Pasta will be part of the Indie Canteen this upcoming Monday. It’s an event parallel to the Fancy Food Show so, as the flyer says, “show your Fancy Food Show badge or RSVP to RSVP@smallbatchamerica.com”.

We’re excited to have been chosen among all the great artisans around the Bay Area and we’ll be sampling our Mac’n’Cheese… (we’ll make it extra delicious)
So get your appetite going, here’s the full flyer with all the vendors. Great stuff. Fun!

Williams Sonoma Palo Alto Artisan Marketplace this Saturday, Jan 19th 12-4PM

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:41:16 -0500

We’ll be in Palo Alto this Saturday with Chef Edward Higgins. He’s going to cook our pasta with one of his great sauces (from his new venture Vaso Cucina).

Plenty of sampling from us and others vendors as well.

Kick in 2013 with us at Williams Sonoma. Don’ miss it.

Our Corn-Rice Pasta is back!

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:43:00 -0500

It took some time to perfect our recipe (and to gather all the ingredients), but we are proud to announce that the yellow corn and rice accordions are finally back! You can find them in our store and in our stall at farmers markets (Sunday at Temescal in Oakland and at California Avenue in Palo Alto).

It is the perfect product for all those who want to eat less gluten.

Please note: this pasta is not for celiacs as it is produced in the same facility where we manufacture all durum-wheat and spelt based noodles.

In the coming weeks we will start posting some of our opinions and some facts about this gluten-free craze.

For the moment, though, we are happy to be able to offer this pasta.

Also - very important- our mac&cheese will be back this Sunday morning for our customers in Jack London Square.

Baia Pasta Losangelina

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:57:00 -0500

It is becoming way easier for food lovers in Los Angeles to get our pasta.

Many new stores in the last weeks are now carrying our pasta that, since August, was available only at the Farmshop in the Brentwood Country Mart.

Now you can also find Baia Pasta on the shelves of the following retail stores:

The Oaks Gourmet - 1915 N Bronson Ave - Hollywood

Wally’s Wine & Spirits - 2107 Westwood Blvd - West LA

Monsieur Marcel - 6333 W Third - Fairfax Market

Heath Ceramics - 7525 Beverly Blvd - West Hollywood

Erewhon Natural Foods - 7660 Beverly Blvd - West Hollywood

And finally in Claremont(CA)

Cheese Cave - 325 N Yale Ave

Hope you can visit one of these stores soon!

You can find the updated list of the stores carrying our pasta by clicking on the “Where To Find Us” button in our home page

Baia Farmers Markets this month: back in Palo Alto!

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:55:00 -0500

We will be back this weekend in Palo Alto, at the Sunday farmer’s market in California Avenue. You can also buy our pasta on Sundays at the Temescal and Jack London Square markets in Oakland.

We have prepared several new specials for the markets: mini-macs with carob and carrots, accordions with curry and lemon (they are flying off our shelves here in Oakland) and kamut® ringlets just for Sunday 9th.

We are also looking for pasta lovers interested in helping us sell at the Palo Alto Farmers Market. If you are interested or have friends there, please let us know (info@baiapasta.com).

Cash Mob and Mattarello pop-up on Dec. 16th (10am-3pm)

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:57:34 -0500

On Sunday 16th we’ll host a cash mob in our store in Jack London Square from 10 am to 3 pm.
It’s simple as this: spend $20+ and you get a raffle ticket.
At the end of the day we’ll award 20 more baskets loaded with products from our neighboring businesses.

Plenty of Baia Pasta Holiday Baskets as well to choose from.

Make sure to mention that you’re there for the Cash Mob.

We’ll also host John and Anna from Mattarello for a fresh pasta pop-up for the day.

Mattarello, an artisanal pastificio in San Francisco, combines traditional Italian pasta-making techniques with locally sourced ingredients to produce high-quality pastas and sauces. Like Baia Pasta, they are committed to using the best ingredients available in the Bay Area and to the superior quality of their products. They uses local flour and pasture-raised eggs to produce pasta in the traditional Bolognese style (“la sfoglia”). They use D.O.P. San Marzano tomatoes and local pasture-raised meats for our sauces. Mattarello pastas and sauces are lovingly made by hand.

They’ll have limited quantities of their tagliatelle, fettuccine and pappardelle so you can also pre-order here.
John and Anna will bring also their awesome sauces and warm focaccia ($3/slice).

If you pre-order, make sure you’ll be able to pick-up and pay on Dec 16th as they’ll be there only that day.

We now sell on Good Eggs !

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:41:07 -0500

We have started to sell our pasta via Good Eggs. They’ve got the right idea, to funnel into a single network your tasty grocery needs and to boost all the small food artisans that make the Bay Area a “YAY” area…
You can buy one-time orders of all our pastas (you select durum wheat semolina or specialty grains) and standing orders (monthly subscriptions) up to 3 pounds of pasta.
For now we are only using the Good Eggs HQ (Hampshire and Mariposa) as a pickup spot and we have also been included in a “SF delivery” plan (currently being tested, with direct delivery to your door).
As soon as we understand the demand and work around the deliveries, we’ll extend the pickup spots to other areas of SF and the Bay Area.
For now, deliveries are on Wednesdays.

Look at us here, I so needed a haircut ^_^

Oh, Oh, Oh ! Santa time!

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 01:40:07 -0500

We’ve been busy like ferrets here at Baia Pasta recently. So much pasta to produce, so much energy spent into moving next door etc etc…

But we haven’t forgot that Christmas is just a month away ^_^

So we’ve put together a selection of our pastas and goodies from our artisans friends and created a variety of baskets with different prices and looks…
We’re sure you’ll find one that suits you: it’s like choosing the perfect pumpkin in a patch. And they all come with a little discount too, just because…

$15 (Pacific Sun evoo + Durum pasta)
$25(Pacific Sun evoo + 1 Vaso Cucina puttanesca sauce + Tulipani spice blend + 1 Durum pasta)
$30 (Pacific Sun evoo + 1 Omnivore Salt + 1 Tulipani spice blend + 1 Durum pasta + Special Grain pasta)
$50 (Pacific Sun evoo + 1 Vaso Cucina puttanesca sauce + 1 Omnivore Salt + 2 Tulipani spice blends + 1 Durum pasta + 2 Special Grain pasta)
$65 (Pacific Sun evoo + 1 Vaso Cucina puttanesca sauce + 1 Omnivore Salt + 3 Tulipani spice blends + 2 Durum pasta + 3 Special Grain pasta)

Also, wanna make your own basket? Let Veronica know at veronica@baiapasta.com by December 12th and we’ll have your baskets ready by Dec 20th, just in time for Santa to deliver.

We’ll have the first sets ready this Friday. We’ll keep the store open until late while the Christmas tree in Jack Londons Square gets lit for the Holidays. YAY!