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celebrate with good taste

Kurobuta Hammetropolitan market’s

Flavorful Easter Centerpiece

Spring HaS Sprungnew metropolitan market Wine Vintages & Fresh Spring bites are in Store

play balltake these Delicious Snacks out to the ballgame — at the Field or at Home

aWE-inSpiring oliVE oilStaste your Way to your new Favorite Flavors

Macrina Columbe almond pasquale loaf is a gorgeous celebration bread studded with candied orange peel and topped with a baked glaze of almonds and a dusting of powdered sugar. The traditional cake translates to “Easter Dove,” and is an Italian holiday tradition.

Easter lilyOur premium 6” Easter Lily is a holiday classic you’ll look forward to each year. Make your home more beautiful, fragrant, and festively springy with seven or more blooms guaranteed on every plant!

Or, dot the 4” sized pots around your home for even more eye-catching freshness.

Fran’s Chocolates knows how to celebrate a holiday, and this year’s Easter chocolate shapes are every bit the high-quality, delicious chocolate you’ve come to love from the Seattle company. Available in chicks, bunnies, and eggs.

lake Champlain has bunnies of every flavor and color, with white, milk, and dark chocolate cuties begging to hitch a ride home with you or go deluxe with a complete Easter candy set, including a bunny, filled eggs, and natural jelly beans.look for Delicious Made-From-Scratch

Sides in the Deli Case:Sour Cherry RelishYukon Gold Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Scalloped Potatoes with Asiago Cheese

Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Pineapple

Asparagus with Chive ButterRoasted Root Vegetables

with Garlic Butter

Naturally raised lamb: Tender, american-raised CutsOur naturally raised lambs are tender, flavorful, and brought to market with our highest standards. Passionate ranchers breed these mild-flavored lambs in Colorado on a diet consisting mainly of grass and flowers. They’re brought in weekly to ensure the freshest taste and best quality meat.

Kurobuta Ham: a Deeply Flavored CenterpieceOnly Metropolitan Market partners with the most trusted farmers to bring you our Centennial Kurobuta Ham, from pigs that grow slower for juicier meat. These beautifully marbled, deeply flavored hams are nitrite- and nitrate-free, and hardwood smoked for great taste that won’t overpower the natural ham flavor you love.

It’s available in the Meat Department in a whole bone-in, half bone-in, bone-in steak, or boneless cuts, as well as a spiral sliced bone-in half ham. Pick up our Kurobuta ham for an Easter meal you won’t soon forget. If you’d fancy a bourbon glaze on yours, we recommend you try Recipe #808, for a little extra sweetness to savor. Find the recipe at the kiosk or go online to metropolitan-market.com/recipes.

The Bakery’s Brioche Dinner rolls go beautifully with Kurobuta ham for your Easter dinner, or piled with all the fixings for leftovers the next day.

Bourbon-Glazed Kurobuta Ham Scalloped potatoes

Grandma Hoerner’s Big Slice apple Sauce

Admiral, Proctor, Kirkland, & Magnolia: Thur. 4/2, 4-7PM

Bourbon-Glazed Kurobuta HamSpring pea Salad

roasted Carrots & parsnips from the Deli

Admiral, Proctor, Uptown, & Kirkland: Sat. 4/4, 11AM-2PM & 3-6PM

Easter Condiment Tasting: Elizabethan pantry Golden Mint Jelly

Coleman’s Mint SauceFallot Mustards

Maille Horseradish Mustard

Admiral, Proctor, Sand Point, Uptown, & Kirkland: Sun. 4/5,11AM-2PM

Get your Easter meal in order with the help of our knowledgable Culinary Artists, who will be

showing off the best of the season in the Kiosk.

Grandma Hoerner’s Big Slice apple Sauce is made for grown-ups, with thick slices of kettle-cooked apples tucked in a single-serving pouch. Get it in great flavors like Apple, Blueberry Pomegranate, Cinnamon French Toast, Banana Mango, and Hemp. Great with ham or take it on a hike for a snack!

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Fill Your Baskets With the Best

MM red #23: A truly diverse composition of 9 different grape varietals, creating a wine with dark, ripe, broad fruit appeal. arriving early april.

MM rosé #8: Zestily rendered with heady aromas and crisp flavors of mixed berries, citrus, and fresh-cut flowers and herbs, this exquisitely dry wine pairs beautifully with salmon, ham, or a beautiful day.

MM White #15: A refreshing blend of fruity, aromatic white varietals. It shows crisp apple and melon fruit, pepper and mineral notes, and zesty lemon and lime peel. arriving mid-april.

Villa Wolf pinot Gris 2013: Medium-bodied and dry, with lush, juicy textures and bright acidity, this German Pinot Gris finishes clean and crisp.

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celebrate with good taste

Easter

Spring Wine Picks

Spring asparagus Soup: DeliVegetal and creamy, start a meal with a hot or cold cup of asparagus soup!

raw asparagus & radish Salad: DeliAs fresh as you can get, with just a little bit of bite.

Spring Mint & pea Salad: DeliLovely with lamb or ham for Easter, and just as good every other day.

Golden Beet Salad with Tarragon & pistachios: DeliEarthy, meaty beets paired with savory herbs and rich pistachios.

Carrot Ginger Soup: DeliBright, a little zesty, and so satisfying. Try this one chilled for a new take on the season’s freshest soup.

local rhubarb Coming Soon: produce DepartmentFresh stalks are coming to stores, along with local spinach, onions, and radishes!

Metropolitan Market rose #8: Wine DepartmentOur new vintage of MM Rosé has arrived!

Fresh Chevre from Gothberg Farms: Cheese DepartmentNew goats on the farm, and a new chevre in the Cheese Department! The freshest, brightest, cloud-like La Mancha chevre from Bow, Washington’s beloved cheesemaker is here.

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Stop by Metropolitan Market for a veritable

trove of great goodies that practically

scream spring. Here are a few of our

favorite indicators that you can put those

heavy sweaters away.

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Have a little (More) Heartlong-Stem artichokesEver peel an artichoke to get to the center and get left a little broken-hearted? Worry not, because long-stemmed artichokes fresh from California offer several more inches of delicious, creamy heart inside. Shave away the tough exterior and then cook your heart out with a whole ‘choke — or just the stem, grilled, stir-fried, or sauteed in a lovely olive oil over pasta.

awe-inspiring olive oilsTaste Your Way To Your New Favorite Flavors

Baseball SnacksAll Stores: Thur. 4/9, 12-3PM & 4-7PM

Get your grandstand snack fix without hitting the concession

stands. Come try Met Market Virginia Peanuts, Shell ’n All Fried Peanuts,

Gold Miner’s Kettle Corn, and Chicago Mix popcorn.

Take These Out to the Ballgame:a Winning Snack lineup

A long-time Met Market favorite and game-changing baseball snack, Shell ’n all Fried peanuts are deep-fried whole for a textural adventure that’s a total home run.

Snake river Kobe Beef Hot Dogs are made with high-quality Wagyu beef. They’ll be your DH for sure: Designated Hot Dog, that is...

Met Market Virginia peanuts are truly the best peanuts available, since we only use the top 3% of peanuts harvested. These crunchy nuts are available in 4 great flavors: Sea Salt & Pepper, Lightly Salted, Salt-Free, and Butter Toffee.

Fully cooked and ready to heat and serve, Jalapeño Cheddar Hot Dogs are quite possibly the most cheese-filled sausages money can buy. And zesty dog lovers will dig the heat level, with slightly less zing than a Felix fastball.

Sweet, salty, and satisfying, Boom Chicka pop crunchy popcorn comes in fun flavors to get you through all nine innings. Available in Sea Salt, Sweet & Salty, Lightly Sweet, and seasonal Frosted Cupcake.

A Chicago classic, sweet and savory meet in a bag of G.H. Cretors Chicago Mix popcorn, featuring both caramel and cheese flavors.

olympic provisions pepperettes shorties are smoked and wrapped up in a cute pocket-sized box. You’ll reach for ‘em for snacks, travel, or as little gifts to say, “I love you... and you love meat.” Available in three flavors: Petite Pierre - Juniper & Sea Salt, Kline Swine - Caraway & Coriander, and Flaco Paco - Paprika & Garlic.

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Seattle Dogs reimagined

Admiral, Proctor, Sand Point, Uptown, Magnolia:Wed. 4/8, 4-7PM

Kobe Beef Hot Dogs with Blue Isle Yogurt Spread

loCal Metropolitan Market Estate organic olive oil is cold-extracted Greek Koroneiki olive oil with a bright taste.

Neus’ Arbequina oil is buttery and smooth with hints of almond. Ideal for sandwiches, salads, or drizzled over thick, hearty bread.

Made to dress your salads and brighten seafood, Casina rossa olive oil superbly blends Gentile, Intosso, and Ghiandaro olives.

Mustapha’s Moroccan olive oil is pressed from hand-picked Picholine olives, with a green taste and peppery finish.

Made from 100% Nevadillo Blanco olives, you’ll taste green olives, apples, and almonds in olivar de la luna’s XV oil.

Arbequina olives are infused with naturally produced smoke in this Castillo de Canena oil, imparting undertones of caramel, vanilla, and toffee.

Four Spanish olives are blended to make Merula’s flavorful oil, suitable for hot or cold uses. Crusty bread loves it.

Fresh and fruity, with hints of artichoke and tropical fruit, California olive ranch’s arbequina Extra Virgin EVoo is a wonderful domestic olive oil.

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All Stores: Sat. 4/1811AM-2PM &

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roccolo is a unique Italian cheese made from unpasteurized milk produced solely from the area’s Bruna Alpina cows. Milky in the middle and nutty on the outside. The cheese is brined in saltwater, then placed on pine boards and left to age for six months in natural caves.

Birch Benders pancake Mixes are made in Colorado by folks who call themselves “Pancake People.” All organic and only missing water, these great mixes taste amazing and make you feel super.

Delicious le Saut du Doubs Comté cheese made with sweet summer milk. Available in very limited supply.

There’s More in-Store

Taste it at the Kiosk…roccolo CheeseAll Stores: Thur. 4/23

4-7PM

Gourmet Quinoa Side Dishes All Stores: Sat. 4/25, 3-6PM

Just getting into the magic of quinoa? These high-quality dried mixes have big doses of flavorful dried herbs in just-add-water flavors easy for a weeknight meal or side dish. Cook them up in the microwave or on the stove.

pereg Gourmet Dry BeansTaste it at the Kiosk…

Admiral, Proctor, Sand Point, Uptown, & Magnolia: Thur. 4/30, 4-7PM

Stand-up, resealable pereg Dry Beans bags will be your new pantry go-to, with a huge array to choose from: Jumbo Chickpeas, French Lentils, Black Beans, Green Lentils, Autumn Lentil Blend, Split Green Peas, Red Kidney Beans, Navy Beans

Check out a New Career!in-Store Job FairFri. 4/10, 11AM-3PM

Uptown Location:100 Mercer Street

Come to our Uptown store to learn more about being part of the dynamic Metropolitan Market team,

with great benefits and room to grow with us!

Once you’re hooked, drop by your Met Market Coffee Shop anytime for our favorite spring flavor combinations, made to order with muddled fresh fruit and bright herbs. This month, we’re making Blood Orange/Mint, Thai Basil/Cucumber, and Ginger/Kumquat.

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Come taste Portland’s Thai drinking vinegar, pok pok Som, intensely flavored shrubs taking over the cocktail world. Culinary Artists will be mixing the Som for spritzer demos all day on April 19.

Som is a highly concentrated mixer available in 9 different flavors (check your store for availability). Add 1 part som and 4-5 parts soda water, sparkling wine, or liquor of your choice to make a refreshing, flavorful beverage.

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pok pok Spritzers All Stores:

Sun. 4/19 & 4/26 11AM-2PM