Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Stewed White Beans
I was going through some old recipes and found this one from an old issue of Saveur magazine. I forget how great this magazine is! Stewed White Beans (Etli Furu...
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Grilled Octopus with Epazote
Here in the states, if we think of the herb epazote at all, it's in regards to beans. In Mexico, it's a lot more common than you'd think. This dish...
Making Chicken with a Mattone
I bought a mattone after I read about them in Paula Wolfert's Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking and so far I've been underwhelmed. The piece is fine but all the chickens...
Lorna Sass and Rethinking the Pressure Cooker
As you may remember, here at Rancho Gordo we are in the middle of an amazing series of presentations by some of my favorite cooks. Both Lorna Sass and Deborah...
Dandelion Greens
More and more, the idea of bitter greens appeals to me. Shopped or foraged, I have a feeling I haven't even begun to dip my toes into this great ocean....
Oye Vey, It's Lent!
Actually Lent has long passed, hasn't it! And Passover, too. I don't observe either holiday but I do love the food. Lent brings out some of the best vegetarian dishes...
Snowcap Beans
Finally, after several attempts, we have a good crop of the rather famous Snowcap bean. Not a lot, but enough to save some seed and offer the extra here. They're...
Carne de Res con Col from Diana Kennedy
This is a simple dish from Diana Kennedy's The Essential Cuisines of Mexico. I'd never made the dish before but the book will go with me to my desert island....
Meet Susan Sanchez
I think it's time you met our Operations Manager here at Rancho Gordo. Susan Sanchez was a pastrty chef at San Francisco's seminal Square One restaurant where she met her...
More on High Altitude Cooking
On addition to a few comments on the subject here on the blog, a lot of Rancho Gordo fan page members on Facebook made some comments on cooking beans at...
