Beans with Poblano Chiles (Step by Step)
One of my favorite way to eat beans is with roasted poblano chiles. I think green bell peppers are ok but you really can't compare them to a big, meaty...
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New to Me: Piloy Beans
A recent trip to a well-stocked Latin market yielded two pounds of Piloy beans. They were a beautiful reddish-brown, large and you just knew they were going to be delicious....
Quelites (or Lamb's Quarters)
Here in Napa we have a Sunday flea market. I've passed it many times but this last weekend I decided to actually go and it's a wild market. It's about...
Chanterelle Tacos
I'm so lucky to have so many mushrrom freaks in my life, especially around chanterelle season. I sauteed onion and garlic in olive oil and when cooked and quite hot,...
Who Wants to Be Teacher's Pet?
I get talked into a lot of things but for me the oddest was that I was the prize in a local school auction. For your donation, a cooking class...
A Recipe for Borlotti from an Italiana
A million years ago, I had a wonderful Italian teacher named Gloria. She was very funny and yet a little reserved. I think my interest in Italian pop music amused...
Great Marinade for Chicken
This may sound a little weird but in a mortar I placed: 1/3 cup olive oil 1/3 cup Stivalet Banana Vinegar 1 tablespoon Oregano Indio 1 scant teaspoon Rancho Gordo...
Squash in Chile Sauce
I've been so boring these days, working and sleeping and not much else. I did have one good dish, however. A simple soup of chicken stock and pureed chiles with...
Blue Corn Tortillas
I'm just getting over everything, it seems. Christmas, New Year's, a bad cold....it's all in the past now. Less herbal tea, fewer Christmas carols and more good food is my...
Eating Beans on New Year's Day for Good Luck
This is the time of year the complaints about our not growing black-eye peas come in. We only grow indigenous New World varieties (except for garbanzos) so it doesn't make...
Playing with Fire: Polenta and Beans from the Fireplace
It's been freezing here in the Napa Valley and the fireplace has been very busy. My Inner Puritan can't enjoy the fireplace without thinking I'm not worthy and I should...
Mole Verde Revisited
New friends over for dinner means new chances to perfect a favorite dish. Again I made Mole Verde but this time I played up the verde, adding romaine lettuce, epazote,...