Chili with Giant White Limas
I made a chili the other night, completely ignoring all of your recommendations. I toasted and soaked 3 anchos, 1 chipotle and 2 guajillos. Then I blended them with onion,...
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Breakfast of Giant White Limas and Eggs
I'm back in love with Giant White Limas. As I've said many times, limas are great, but most of us grew up with mothers who had no idea how to...
Great Quote
Sorry for the lack of a post today. I was going to make up some excuse but there isn't one!Instead I'll pass on this great quote: "It's too easy to...
You Posole, I say Pozole
For the record, in Mexico, the finished dish is called pozole. It's normally a fresh chile and tomatillo dish with pork or a dried red chile and chicken dish. I...
Swiss Chard Soup
Our regular customer Canice Flanagan tried out our Cranberry beans and came up with this winning recipe. The ingredient amounts are very loose so feel free to experiment and make...
A New Bean From Puebla
The city of Puebla was a super surprise. I expected the food to be good but I had no idea quite how wonderful it can be. My friends Nuria and...
Cooking With Clay, Part 7: Cazuelas from Puebla
While Puebla is best known for it's pretty Talavera pottery with it's ornate decoration and fusion of styles from the old world to the new, I of course go looking...
Chile Navideño from Puebla
I was just in lovely Puebla. I've never been and it was a gas. I met some wonderful people and the food was incredible. I brought back a sack of...
Black Bean Soup from Barranquilla, Colombia
As a very pretentious young fellow in San Francisco in the early 1980s, my favorite book was The Gentleman's Companion. Actually it was two-volume set dedicated to good food, drink...
De Arbol Chiles at the Market
Joan (and Dan) are bringing a new batch of De Arbol chiles to the market tomorrow in San Francisco. These are the short, hot pain-inducing delights I'd mentioned earlier. You...
More Jewelry
This time from the road. This necklace comes from the Copper Canyon and was brought back by my friend Christopher Ann Cowen. The woven basket, a skill the Tarahumara Indians...
More Beans from Chiapas
My friend Connie Green, who runs the Wine Forest and is known by most everyone as The Mushroom Lady, brought these varieties back from Chiapas. These were called Ron, as...