Meeting Up with the Hope of Tomorrow
Here at Rancho Gordo we had a chance to meet with Napa's culinary leaders of tomorrow. Vintage High School teacher (and longtime friend of Rancho Gordo) teacher Mike Cromwell brought...
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Cooking Beans at a High Altitude
I've always been compelled to live near a coast so my experience with high altitude cooking has been limited. On Facebook, a new customer asks about her options and I...
Eat Your Breakfast!
Jill Nussinow is a local nutritionist with a national following as The Veggie Queen. She's very smart and even though I have very little interest in nutrition*, I tend to...
Posole Day at the Office
Susan, our Operations Manager, has instigated our eating in on Fridays. Today she made a delicious posole stew with our prepared hominy and chile powder. I wish I could show...
Bruschetta at Della Fattoria
I don't leave my hermit cave often but when dear pal Carrie Brown of Jimtown Store emailed and told me that a lot of my old gang were meeting for...
Back in the Saddle
Just got back from a very nice week in Michoacan. I'm very lucky to have such good friends who live in such nice places! The one little thing that slowed...
Greetings from Lovely Morelia
Boy, did I need to get out of town. I flew into Mexico last week for a quick hello to some old pals and to reacquaint myself with the beautiful...
Adios, for a Spell
I need a break! As you read this, I've left for a brief trip to Jalisco and Michoacan. Mostly business but I will be visiting my friend Cristina Potters, author...
Bean Video on CHOW.COM
You might get a kick out of this video from the very creative team at CHOW.com. Watch the video. I've had to move since they filmed this and I'm happy...
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...