Thoughts on the Local Thing
Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can imagine that I have a lot of friends who are "localvores", people dedicated to eating locally produced products. I think it's...
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More on the Rancho Gordo-Xoxoc Project
I often say I'm the luckiest guy on the planet. After years of struggling, I'm doing what I love and in a small way, helping some other people to do...
Bean Art: Virgen de Guadalupe
We have some great workers here at Rancho Gordo from Napa Valley Support Services. They help with the bean weighing, bagging and general production. The program also has an arts...
Hey! It's Christmas Time!
Did you notice? We're open here at Rancho Gordo Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 11am to 5:30 p.m. and on Christmas Eve we'll close at 2pm. We will be closed...
Look Lovely, Be Lovely
We're busy packing orders, eating Butter Cream donuts and chugging coffee. The place is a scene. But for a few moments, before the Open House on Saturday, Rancho Gordo looked...
We're Open
This lovely piece is by an exciting new artist, 8-year old Nico Sando. His preferred medium is beans on cardboard but with his latest work, he's incorporated crimson popcorn, surely...
Great Clay Pots via the Web
I've talked about Bram before and now it's your turn to see what all the excitement is about. I'm lucky enough to live 25 minutes away from the square in...
Popcorn and Chick Peas
I can officially announce that we have garbanzos and popcorn back in stock. The popcorn will last a good long while but we grow a very limited amount of garbanzos...
Diana Kennedy: A Vintage Look Back
I have a paperback version of Diana Kennedy's Mexican Regional Cooking, which was first released as Recipes from the Regional Cooks of Mexico. I believe the best of the book...
Fun with a Barbecue
It may surprise you to know that I have very little experience with grilling or barbecues. If I've been the host, trying to cook with live coals seems at odds...
Media Merry-Go-Round
1. In case you missed it, there's a very nice piece on Rancho Gordo in the month's Culinaria Mexicana. They have no archives so you need to see this before...
This and That for 9/3
(A hummingbird's nest at Casa Luna in Sn Miguel de Allende) 1. We are closed on Monday for Labor Day. We are also not attending the market in San Francisco...