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Golden Gatherings

November is here, bringing us cooler weather and the excitement of the upcoming holiday season. Central Market Floral is THE destination for fresh floral arrangements that utilize peak of season flowers. Our talented floral experts can arrange something extra special for you or we will have plenty of seasonal designs ready for pickup.

Rover mums are our "pick" of the week this week (11/4 through 11/11) - $8.99 for a 10-stem bunch, a $3 savings. Fresh from our growers in California, these traditional bronze and yellow beauties can be clustered tightly together and cut short, or mixed with other fall flowers in a tall arrangement. 

This holiday season, we will be showcasing a series of "collections," which will complement your home decor with exciting color palates and textures. Golden Gatherings is first in our series and can be used as a fall collection, with rich golds and browns, or to transition from Fall to the Holiday season. Multiple textures are used in this collection to add depth and interest to the arrangements.

Try mixing our fresh California-grown fall tulips with rover mums for a new twist on traditional fall looks. 

Pan de Muerto at Central Market Southlake!

While candy is the treat of choice for many American children this time of year, it’s a sweet bread that delights the palates of Mexican-American children and adults who observe Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

A Fiasco is a good thing at Central Market

A "fiasco" is good thing when referring to a round-bottomed glass flask for wine, esp. Chianti, fitted with a woven, protective raffia basket that also enables the bottle to stand upright. It may conjure up memories of your college dorm window sill or a quaint Italian bisto where each table had a red checkered table cloth with an empty fiasco filled with a candle dripping with wax pendants down its sides.

Now you will find fiascos at Central Market filled with two wonderful and tasty options. From Veneto's hills in the area of Garda comes a fragrant and fruity olive oil by Redoro called Graziane. This is a Central Market exclusive at a very reasonable price of $9.99. It is beautifully complemented by a superb balsamic vinegar in an identical fiasco from L'Acetaio Di Modena. Also priced at $9.99, these make for old world flavors at  your fingertips. And with the holiday season just around the corner, these make excellent hostess gifts to the aspiring chef or home cook. These are in limited quantity and were made just for Central Market, so you won't see them anywhere but here. Try for yourself but be willing to share –  they are superb quality at an excellent value.

Truckload Tulip Sale

Just Arrived! This week only, stop by your CM floral department and pick up a bunch (or two) of fresh-cut tulips from California. Perfect for your Halloween celebration, in bright fall shades. 

October 26th through November 2nd: 10-stem Tulips for $5.99 (a $4 savings)

Our CM Floral Experts can also arrange your tulips in great seasonal vases, or wrap them with other festive fall flowers, such as bittersweet (also on sale this week for $13.99/bunch, a savings of $4).

Only at Central Market - Greenberg Smoked Turkey

Only at Central Market - Famous Greenberg Turkeys

The New York Times, Saveur Magazine, even Fast Company rave about Greenberg Smoked Turkey, Inc.  Run by a third-generation member of the Greenberg family in Tyler, Texas, this smokin' enterprise boasts supremely loyal fans. The turkeys are mildly smoky, very tender, moist and really, really tasty - it's not wonder they've been nationally recognized at the "Best Smoked Turkey."

Here's the thing: Greenberg Smoked Turkey will be available in Central Market stores - and ONLY in Central Market stores - beginning the first week of November. And we only get so many. So what we're saying is - be ready. Come on. Claim a turkey while you can!

Rare Petrossian Caviar now available

Caviar: A Taste of the Wild

Central Market is proud to be able to offer the very finest wild caviar currently available in the United States--
Petrossian's Imperial Special Reserve Persicus Ossetra.

This carviar is smooth, buttery, and imbued with the flavor of the Caspian Sea. True connoisseurs will  notice that the eggs are large, glossy, bold in color, and full of flavor.  It is exceedingly rare with limited qualities available.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Imperial Special Reserve Persicus Ossetra is the "best of the best.." At Central Market, North Lamar we have a very limited supply of this rare treat in 30 gram glass containers at $770.

Call any of the stores for availability or to reserve yours.

Santiago Premium EVOO premieres at Central Market

I just can't seem to ever have enough olive oil as there is always a new one out there I must try. This goes for the new Santiago Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil now on sale at Central Market.

Derived from estate grown olives, this oil is a blend of frantoio, arbequina and leccino olives. You will find it fruity to the nose with a light to medium intensity and a slight hint of cut grass. The hint of grass conveys to the palate also with a slight acidity and hint of pepper. Drizzle this over a fresh grilled fish for the simple elegance it can bring. Perhaps a mesclun salad with orange and pistachio to accent the fruit flavor of the oil. Then again a fresh baguette dipped into this oil would suffice but the addition of some fresh sage leaves would really accent the grassy note of the oil. Possibilities are endless but the supply is limited, so stop by Central Market and have a taste of this Chilean masterpiece.

So Tasty so Easy

With the terrific seafood sale going on this weekend at Central Market you might be looking for a quick and flavorful dish to take advantage of the great value. The shrimp is at an incredfible $4.99 a pound, so if you are like me some will got to the freezer and and the rest will hit my menu for the weekend.

I especially like to make shrimp for shrimp cocktail, as once the shrimp is cooked the only other thing needed is a dipping sauce and perhaps lemon wedges. This weekend there will be tastings of the Ojai Cooks Bite Back Tartar Sauce and Sassy Seafood Sauce.

The Bite Back Tartar Sauce is great with seafood of all kinds, from tuna fish to crab cakes, even lobster rolls since this is a hot and spicy citrus mayo with jalapenos. Cocktail shrimp and breaded shrimp both go well with iths sauce too.

The Sassy Seafood Sauce is a perfect balance of heat and sweet. Sassy is truly a grown upcocktail sauce. With chunks of tomato, bell pepper, jalapeno and ginger, this sauce is amazing with anything that swims... and is better than catsup with meatloaf, veggie burgers, classic burgers and barbecue. But you don't need to take my word for it. Look for the demos this weekend at Central Market. Ask any Foodie for help finding your choice of these flavorful tartar or cocktail sauces.

Balconi Cakes from Italy - just arrived!

We're guessing most people loved the occasional Twinkie as a kid. Sure, you're not dying to admit that, but it's a fair guess.  Then we get older, we realize that the sponge in those sponge cakes might actually be sponges and maybe we shouldn't put that in our bodies.

Finally - a solution that's molto bene!  On a recent trip to Italy we discovered these DELICIOUS individually wrapped cakes from Balconi.

The company specializes in the production of tasty cakes in flavors like chocolate and tiramisu which are prepared using recipes with natural ingredients.

Each cake is made using only raw materials that contain no GMO ingredients, hydrogentated fats, colorings or preservatives.

Best of all they are PORTABLE! and ready to eat. Add your favorite gelato or ice cream for a satisfying and mouth- watering treat. Supply is limited so be sure and try both the Tiramisu and Chocolate flavors to see which is your favorite. These will arrive in stores Thursday or Friday and I predict they will be an immediate hit.

Fast Easy with Simplifast

Fasting with Simplifast

Thinking about a detox? Fasting is a popular way to lose weight, cleanse the body, and improve well-being. But, fasting can leave you feeling dizzy, tired, and hungry. Simplifast is the first ready-to-drink beverage that contains everything you need to sustain a fast.

Now available at Central Market, Simplifast comes in three flavors--Lemon, Strawberry, and Blueberry. Unlike other products, Simplifast contains 11 grams of fiber, pure lemon juice, pure organic grade B maple syrup, as well as vitamins and minerals. So, if you're ready for a fast, make it simple... try Simplifast.