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...
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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...
Cooking With Clay No.9
Thanks to a hot tip from Paula Wolfert's Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking book, I ordered this handsome clay pot and lid from Turkey. It's very crude and very heavy and...
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...
Bean and Wine Pairing at Cakebread Cellars
Longtime readers know I'm lucky enough to participate in Cakebread Cellars' American Harvest Workshop every fall. The seminal vintner gathers chefs from around the country and introduces them to local...
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...
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...
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...