The Rancho Gordo Blog
In the garden
Newly Harvested and Ready to Ship.
Finally. Two old favorites reappear. Borlotti and Good Mother Stallard are ready to ship from our warehouse to you. It's been a long, long time. For the time being, they...
Cooking With Clay No. 9 Revisited
I ended up making a wonderful soup from Gary and Lucy Malouf's Turquoise. Swiss chard soup with chickpeas and barley. The lemon squeeze and Greek yoghurt dollop at the end...
My Nopal Runneth Over
A little love, a little sun, a little water and next thing you know you have a prickly pear cactus that's so heavy with fruit, the paddles start breaking. Rather...
Dinner Party Inspired by Frida and Diego
This is an "encore presentation" of one of my first posts from 2006. I think I had six readers a week back then so I thought it would be fun...
Harvesting Beans
It's all coming down to the harvest. You plan, you plant, you pray. And now the moment of truth. Things are looking very good. This afternoon we harvested a new...
Meditteranean Clay Pot Cooking Follow Up
I started with the fish tagine. The dish is very slow cooked and when finished, browned under the broiler. Reduced sauce is added and the eater hits "high C" after...
Paula Wolfert's Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking
I can't think of a book I've anticipated more. Paula Wolfert has inspired more of us than she knows with her seminal books like Couscous and Other Good Food from...
The Bon Appetit Awards in New York
As I mentioned earlier, I was lucky enough top be a recipient of an award from the seminal Bob Appetit magazine. Rancho Gordo was one of the "Hot 10" for...
Runner Beans Times Three
I made a huge pot of runner beans. First things first, a bowl with some cilantro and imported cotija cheese. Next meal, I added some nopales, chorizo and requeson (with...
The Hunger Challenge
For the second year in a row, I've failed! Last year I was just an airhead and this year I had to fly to New York and participate in the...
Mary Anita Has Bean Day
Longtime customer and friend of the bean, Mary Anita, sent me a photo of her recent shipment. I love when people get excited enough about a delivery that they feel...