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Le Marais Bakery will offer an array of treats for Thanksgiving. (Courtesy of Le Marais Bakery) Artisan breads and other goodies can be found at Jane/Marin in Tiburon for Thanksgiving. (Photo by Amanda Michael) Emporio Rulli in Larkspur will offer a variety of treats for Thanksgiving.
(Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) Le Marais Bakery will offer an array of treats for Thanksgiving. (Courtesy of Le Marais Bakery) While turkey may take center stage on Thanksgiving, it’s often the savory sides and decadent desserts that steal the show. Thankfully, Marin’s talented bakers and specialty shops are here to help, offering an impressive array of additions for preorder and pickup.
• Le Marais Bakery adds a taste of France to the table with bake-at-home au beurre croissants, chocolate croissants and cinnamon rolls, sold individually or by the sampler box; French almond or apple galettes; apple or pear almond tarts; and Parisian pumpkin or vanilla flan. These complement the bakery’s regular menu of breads, viennoiseries and cookies. Order by 3 p.
m. Sunday for pickup on Nov. 26 or 27 at 250 East Blithedale Ave.
in Mill Valley, where additional grab-and-go freezer selections are available at the café’s entrance. For more information, call 415-888-3695 or go to lemaraisbakery.com .
• Madrona Bakery in downtown Mill Valley will prepare plain, seeded and cheesy levain, pain de mie Parker House rolls and pies (house-roasted pumpkin, farmers market apple crumble and toasted pecan with house salted caramel). Place orders at madronabakery.com for pickup between 3 and 6 p.
m. Nov. 27 or 9 or 11 a.
m. Nov. 28 at 17 Madrona St.
in Mill Valley. • Jane/Marin (formerly Sweet Things) in Tiburon offers a broad selection of breads, sweet and savory pies, tarts, cookies, cakes and other baked goods. Preorder at itsjane.
com/location/jane-marin for pickup from Nov. 25 through 27 at 1 Blackfield Drive in Tiburon, or call 415-388-8583. • Made-to-order apple and pumpkin pies and apple or mixed fruit galettes are available from Tam Junction artisan baker Christi Duma of Birdland Bakery.
Make your request before Sunday by calling or texting 415-858-5979 or sending a direct message at instagram.com/birdland_bakery . Pickup is from 9 a.
m. to noon Nov. 27 at Woolly Egg Ranch at 503 Tennessee Valley Road in Mill Valley, where Duma is regularly serving treats from 9 a.
m. to 1 p.m.
Saturdays. • Place orders for Rustic Bakery’s cheese and charcuterie boards, soups (butternut squash with apple or roasted mushroom), quiches, dinner rolls, cornbread, cranberry compote, pies (pumpkin and apple streusel) and whipped cream at rusticbakery.com by Saturday.
Store pickup is available from 7 a.m. to 1 p.
m. Nov. 27 at your choice of four Marin locations: Tiburon Boulevard in Tiburon, Magnolia Avenue or the Marin Country Mart in Larkspur or Grant Avenue in Novato.
• Comforts in San Anselmo can handle your whole meal, from oven-ready turkey with stuffing, honey-baked ham and lasagnas to starters, soups, salads, sauces, breads, cakes and pies. Fill out an order form at comfortscafe.com and submit by 3 p.
m. Friday (or until capacity is reached) via email to [email protected] or by dropping it off at the cafe.
Pickup is by 2 p.m. Nov.
27 at 335 San Anselmo Ave. Comforts is closed on Nov. 28 and 29.
For more information, go to comfortscafe.com or call 415-454-9840. • Flour Craft Bakery & Café caters to gluten-free diners with holiday specials like caramel apple coffee cake, brown butter maple cornbread, dinner rolls, pumpkin pecan cheesecake and pies (pumpkin, pecan, apple and mixed berry made by Upper Crust bakery in San Rafael).
View the full menu and place orders at flourcraftbakery.com for pickup from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Nov.
26 or 27 at 129 Miller Ave. in Mill Valley or 702 San Anselmo Ave. in San Anselmo.
• Flour Chylde Bakery’s gluten-free menu includes mini-sized quiche Lorraines, dinner rolls, stuffing (vegan and vegetarian), pies (Dutch apple, pecan and pumpkin), pumpkin cake and Thanksgiving cupcakes in addition to its full menu of baked goods. Place orders at flourchyldebakes.com by Thursday for pickup on Nov.
26 or 27 at 850 Grant Ave. in Novato. • M.
H. Bread and Butter in San Anselmo will prepare squash soup, mushroom and leek stuffing, cranberry sauce, French green beans, couscous salad, sauces, breads, butters, apple and pumpkin pies, cakes (Basque, flourless chocolate and frosted sweet potato or carrot) and pecan tarts. Place orders by 3 p.
m. Sunday at mhbreadandbutter.com and arrange to pick up between 8 a.
m. and 3 p.m.
Nov. 27 or 7:30 and 11 a.m.
Nov. 28 at 101 San Anselmo Ave. in San Anselmo.
The café is open on Thanksgiving Day for pickup orders only. Call 415-755-4575 with questions. • Abundant options can be found at Creekside Bakery in Novato — specialty cakes (pumpkin princess, vanilla chai spice, pumpkin cheesecake and flourless chocolate torte), pies (pumpkin, blackberry, cherry, apple and pecan), breads, rolls, quiches, croissants, morning pastries and caramel apple custard breakfast wreaths.
Order in person at 1719 Grant Ave. or by calling 415-892-7655 for pickup between 7 a.m.
and 3 p.m. Nov.
27. • Preorders are open for take-and-bake cinnamon roll scones by the half dozen from award winning pastry chef Sarah Bonar of Terra Linda cottage bakery Lucky Penny Bread. The scones come frozen in a foil pan, ready to hit the oven at home.
Order along with breads, buns, coffee cake and cookies of the week at luckypennybread.com for pickup from noon to 2 p.m.
or 5 to 7 p.m. Nov.
26 or noon to 2 p.m. Nov.
27 in San Rafael. The address is provided with order the confirmation. • The holiday menu at Brickmaiden Breads features squash soup, pumpkin pie, pear almond cake, gingerbread, croissants and an assortment of cookies, breads, scones and quiches.
Place orders by Wednesday at brickmaidenbreads.com . Pickup is available from 8 a.
m. and 3 p.m.
Nov. 27 at the bake shop at 40 Fourth St. in Point Reyes Station, which will be closed from Nov.
28 to Dec. 5. Find more details at brickmaidenbreads.
com . • Woodbine Bakery gets the kids involved with setting the table with place card cookies or with paint-your-own turkey cookies. Order these or personalized pumpkin pie, pumpkin pie cookies and Thanksgiving carrot cake by Wednesday at woodbinebakery.
com for pickup between 9 a.m. and noon Nov.
23 or 27 at 625 Du Bois St. in San Rafael. • Emporio Rulli in downtown Larkspur offers a Thanksgiving Gravenstein apple or pecan frangipane torta, cranberry tart and apple strudel, and a selection of Italian holiday cakes, quiches and panettones.
Preordering is recommended at rulli.com for pickup between 2 and 5 p.m.
Nov. 27 at 464 Magnolia Ave. in Larkspur.
• Route One Bakery & Kitchen in Tomales is taking orders for pumpkin gingerbread and apple streusel pies, whipped cream and cranberry sauce at routeonebakery.square.site for pickup on Thanksgiving Day from 7:30 to 11 a.
m. at 27000 Highway 1. Its usual menu of breakfast sweets will also be available.
Free dinner buffet Lotus Cuisine of India’s Thanksgiving dinner tradition returns to San Rafael from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.
No reservations are required for the no-cost Indian buffet served outdoors in the parklet in front of the restaurant at 812 Fourth St. Donations will be collected for a local food bank. Leanne Battelle is a freelance food writer and restaurant columnist.
Email her at [email protected] with news and recommendations and follow on Instagram @therealdealmarin for more on local food and updates on the launch of The Real Deal Marin restaurant search guide.
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