Chili con Carne: Time and Texture
Taylor Boetticher (The Fatted Calf) and I continue our discussion of Chili. Time and texture are the subject. Do you have our free ebooklet on Chili con Carne? Download it...
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Ask a Texan: Chili con Carne for the Ages
We're on a Chili con Carne kick. In a big way. Please join us as we learn from a master, my pal Taylor Boetticher from The Fatted Calf (Napa and...
An Obscure Heirloom in the Garden: California Beans
One of the easiest beans from the summer of 2006 was something called California. The seeds, received as part of an swap from the Seeds Savers Exchange, germinated quickly and...
Another Rant: Leave 5 de Mayo Alone!
I wish people would calm down about Cinco de Mayo. So many of my friends are up in arms over the gringo celebrations. They can't wait to correct those that...
Red Beans: A poem by Victor Hernández Cruz.
Red Beans A poem by Victor Hernández Cruz Next to white rice it looks like coral sitting next to snow Hills of starch border The burnt sienna of irony Azusenas...
Let's Make a Weed Fritatta! (No! Not That Kind!)
When I first started gardening, quelites were one of the first things I was curious about. I'd been told that in Nahuatl that the word meant "edible green" so the...
Let's Make This a Regular Thing: Creamed Hominy
I apologize to whoever wrote this recipe. It's very nice but I have no idea who you are. I copied it and pasted it into a text document with no...
Slow Cooker Mushrooms with Domingo Rojo Beans and Brown Rice
I was given a lot of mushrooms and they were spending too much time in my fridge, so I decided to do a little test with my new slow cooker....
Don't Share This With an Italian: Hominy, Domingo Rojo and Pancetta
While Italian food is surely one of the best cuisines, Italians can be a little closed off to innovation. This isn't so much of a bastardization of their delicious food...
Not All Slow Cookers Are Created Equal
I once did a demo and as a thank you present I received an insanely expensive slow cooker from a top manufacturer. It looked slick but really, how much better...
A Great Salad: Beets, Oranges, Watercress and Peanuts
The title is pretty much the recipe. I am currently in the middle of a romance with watercress. It's a green, it's healthy, it's available at my supermarket, etc but...
More Uses for Prepared Hominy Beyond Pozole
Don't tell my Mexican friends. Don't tell my southern friends. The fact is, hominy is great and it goes beyond grits or pozole (or posole). I was making pozole for...