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...
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In the kitchen
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...
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...
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...
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...
Cooking Brown Rice in a Rice Cooker
So as you may have noticed, this month we're really focusing on rice and beans. A new shipment of Massa Organics whole grain brown rice has been a big part...
Heirloom Bean and Sausage Phyllo Pie
I've read about phyllo dough over the years. I've had, for sure, but I've never cooked with it. I find the idea fascinating. So I bought a package from the...
Cooking Superior (Nay, Perfect!) Brown Rice in a Clay Donabe Pot
I always laugh when I hear Alton Brown and his followers declare, as an absolute, No single purpose kitchen gadgets! When did this become a law? There are many of...
The Power and the Glory of Rice & Beans
If you received our newsletter last week, you know that my current obsession is rice and beans and beans and rice. It's an ideal marriage with nothing controversial about it....
An Obvious Point About Bean Cooking Not Everyone Knows
A few years ago I did one of those farm to table dinners and it featured our beans. I loved sitting at the end of a long white table with...