Beans from Ecuador
Wine Forest's Connie Green recently spent some time in Ecuador and was kind enough to bring me back the beans she found there. She admitted that it wasn't a great...
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In the kitchen
Roasting Fresh Green Chiles
Roasting chiles is a very typical part of cooking Mexican food. A lot of recipes will call for chiles roasted and peeled, assuming this is part of your repertoire. If...
Sweet Corn and Fresh Oregano Fritters
We had a great little party here at the Rancho Gordo store in celebration of the new book by Georgeanne Brennan and Ann M Evans, The Davis Farmers Market Cookbook....
More Eggs and Beans
I've recently moved and the new place has a hen house. I've missed having fresh eggs but now that's all behind me. I'm hoping I can stick to the six...
Don't Forget the Sangrita
Yes, yes, I know. Many sangritas are not tomato based. It might even be true that the best ones have no tomatoes. I once told some fellow gringo travelers how...
Quinoa and Black Bean Salad
This was great, if I do say so myself. About one cup cooked black beans About two cups cooked quinoa (I mixed white and red) 1 finely cubed, peeled carrot...
Kitchen Object Fetish No. 2: Wooden Tortilla Press
Meet another new best friend. This wooden tortilla press is incredible. It's heavy. beautiful and does the job like no other. Conventional wisdom tells us that the heavy metal presses...
Garbanzo Salad (So Easy. Who Knew?)
Our last newsletter featured a lot of different salads as part of a query from our Facebook page. (Aren't we "as modern as tomorrow" here at Rancho Gordo? I write...
Kitchen Object Fetish No. 1: Chiltepin Chile Grinder
I was just given this grinder as a present. It's made of a beautiful wood and crudely grinds small chiltepin chiles. You lift the stem off and add one or...
Dinner Party Menu: Fish in a Corn Husk Returns (Picture Heavy!)
I had a really fun dinner party with old friends. It was a lazy Sunday and a perfect day to cook and prepare. Early on, I took some old blue...
Cooking With Clay No. 12 Postscript
Leftover risotto made the perfect bed for some leftover quelites. Quelites were made with onion, garlic, manzano chile, chopped tomato and some olive oil.My Italian friends would not be happy...
Cooking With Clay No. 12: Italian Risotto Pot
Years ago I bought this pot and was erroneously told it was a bean pot from France. It turns out it's a risotto pot from Italy. It's also used for...