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Trim Your Table With Festive Floral Designs
We have the perfect arrangement for your holiday table – a 5" cube vase bursting with texture and of course with a Central Market twist! Includes Asiatic lilies, rosemary, seeded eucalyptus, kale, artichokes, waxflower, stock and leucodendron. Flowers are freshly harvested from California and hand-designed by our expert designers. We can add additional flowers to enhance the arrangement, or it is available to take as-is for easy, yet impactful holiday decor.
Available through Thanksgiving, starting at $35. Stop by or call your Central Market Floral department and reserve yours today.
We also have other freshly made stylings available for your feast, or we can custom-make an arrangement to your liking, even using your favorite vase or container. The possibilities are endless!
Beaujolais Nouveau is Here!
Beaujolais Nouveau is Here!
French law specifies that this fresh and fruity wine be released on the 3rd Thursday of November and that the Gamay grapes used must be hand-harvested and from free-standing, individual vines. Here at CM North Lamar, we'll be celebrating on the 19th by pricing the George Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau at $7.99--a savings of $6.00! And, due to perfect weather and growing conditions, experts say that this vintage may be the best in the last 50 years.
Located in the Burgundy region of France, where winemaking dates back to Roman times, the growers, vintners, and the consuming public are in a state of pure excitement and anticipation as one of the truly memorable vintages of Beaujolais nears its way to our tables and glasses. One advantage the Beaujolais Nouveaus have in their vinification is the method known as carbonic maceration. This process gently extracts the juice from the grapes reducing the amount of acidity normally found in the grape skins and lending the resulting wines an early accessibility and freshness. This lush fruity style lends itself to be paired beautifully with turkey, ham and all the Thanksgiving trimmings.
Beaujolias Nouveau should be consumed within the first year after bottling, but Beaujolais Villages and Cru Beaujolais have cellar lives that far exceed their youthful counterpart. The most approachable Gamays in terms of value are the Beaujolais Villages. They are soft and fruity and pair well with lighter fair such as fish, fowl, cheese plates, etc. The Cru Beaujolais’ are usually priced between the low $20.00 range and top out, in most cases, in the mid $30.00 range. Examples of these Cru vineyards include Morgon, Fleurie, Moulin-A-Vent and Brouilly to name a few. These wines approach the complexity of the Pinot Noir grape and are much more ageworthy and pair well with heartier foods like cassoulet, duck confit and red meats such as lamb or beef.
We encourage you to stop by CM North Lamar on this Thursday to sample our Gamays and celebrate the Beaujolais Nouveau!
CM Cooks up the savings at Fort Worth
Swing by our CM Cooks! station at the Fort Worth Central Market this week for great savings on two delicious products. Our friendly chefs demonstrate the best ways to prepare easy and flavorful meals, and you can even sample the recipes before you buy the ingredients. Pick up an in-store coupon and save on these two holiday helpers.
From now through the 17th, save $1.50 on Olde Thompson Spice Grinders. These convenient grinders make holiday meals easy by giving you fresh, flavorful spices and herbs in just the quantity you need. Their exclusive grinding mechanism has a lifetime guarantee, and was originally designed for commercial use. Each mill is assembled by sonic welding – eliminating screws which can come loose in long term use. The ceramic grinding mechanism is fully adjustable from a coarse to a fine grind. Olde Thompson boasts over 60 years of experience in the spice industry to ensure you receive only the finest quality herbs and spices.
Pick up a box or two of Village Mixes to keep on-hand for holiday visitors. We carry these scrumptious mixes in five varieties: Pumpkin Spice Spread, Walnut Pie Crust, Pecan Pie Crust, Best Ever Brownies and Apple Crisp. Their Pumpkin Spice Spread won the Best New Product award at the New England Products Trade Show in 2004. All of their packaging features original folk art designed by award-winning folk artist Lisa Carpenter. Make any holiday – or just an ordinary day – especially delicious. The Pumpkin Spice Spread makes a wonderful appetizer, and for the finishing touch of any holiday feast, serve mouth-watering Apple Crisp made with their easy-to-prepare topping or make your favorite pie made even tastier with the unbelievably good Walnut or Pecan Pie Crusts. The Best Ever Brownies live up to their name! Save $1.00 through Nov. 24th.
Fort Worth Central Market's CM Cooks! station is open 7 days a week from about 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Bordeaux is Back!
Better with Bordeaux
MUST HAVE PRODUCTS FOR YOUR HOLIDAY TABLE
Keller's Sculptures Butter – Turkey Shaped Butter will be a perfect addition to your holiday table!
White Toque Frozen Herbs – An assortment of herbs that you can keep in your freezer and use just the amount you need. Choose from Chives, Italian Blend and Parsley.
Texas Sweet Creations Cranberry Relish – Made in Texas, these relishes are lovingly handcrafted by two Fort Worth Texas sisters from an old family recipe. The unique blend of fruits and spices will compliment your holiday table. Choose from Original Cranberry Pineapple Pecan Relish and Chipotle Cranberry Pineapple Pecan Relish.
La Donatella Profiteroles – Cream puffs from Italy, filled with chantilly cream and covered with a delicious cocoa sauce. Perfect for last minute guests or that late night sweet tooth. Just keep in your freezer and thaw when you have a craving!
La Donatella Tiramisu – Over 2 pounds of delicious Tiramisu from Italy. Perfect for last minute entertaining.
Gillian's Foods Wheat & Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie – Great tasting and gluten free! This dessert is great for everyone at the table to enjoy. Find it in your store's Frozen department.
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!
