More on Pressure Cooking
I take a lot of grief from some good friends for my comments on pressure cooking beans in Heirloom Beans and here on the blog. I don't think it's a...
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In the kitchen
An Improvised Caldo Tlalpeño
I've mentioned Caldo Tlalpeño before. Diana Kennedy has a classic version in her seminal The Essential Cuisines of Mexico.I had some garbanzos and knew I needed to make it but...
Potato Gratin a la Mexicana
In the 1980s, if you were of a certain age and interested in food, the arrival of Patricia Wells' Bistro Cooking opened up new worlds and was an incredibly important...
Scallops in Achiote Paste
When I first started to explore Mexican food, one of my favorite books was Mesa Mexicana by Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger. The recipes and ingredients all seemed approachable...
My Inner Hippie Love Child Is Fed
Before I re-invented myself as the height of sophistication, I was a sweet sincere hippie looking for peace and often confused by the cruelty of the world. Actually, I was...
Orange Juice
I just wanted to remind you how delicious fresh orange juice is and how when you buy "juice oranges" from the grocery store, the price is comparable to the cartons...
Breakfast at Home
I'm a lucky fellow in that I have a big flock of chickens and gigantic cactus plant. No Carnation Instant Breakfast for me! The beans at the end aren't traditional...
A Just About Perfect Bowl of Beans
In a weird, almost freakish way, I've helped my friends in Mexico remember how great beans can be. I think they may have taken them a little for granted or...
Another Chile Relleno
Another variation on a theme. This time, brown rice and duck confit (from The Fatted Calf) were tossed together and jammed into a poblano chile. The sauce was from some...
Mark Bittman's White Beans with Cabbage, Pasta and Ham
Rancho Gordo was lucky enough to be listed as a source in the revised edition of Mark Bittman's classic How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food In...
Bean Burgers
I was recently reminded of Jerimiah Tower's great San Francisco restaurant, Stars. Tower was a seminal figure in the food revolution but history hasn't favored him the way it has...