Midnight Black Bean Recipe
My customer Brian Sharp wrote me this summer after he received his Midnight black beans: They showed up a little over a week ago, and last night I used the...
The Rancho Gordo Blog
In the kitchen
Folio Winemaker's Studio Soft Tacos with Beans 'n' Greens
One of the best parts of my job is meeting interesting people in the food business. Sarah Scott is well-known here in Napa for her work at for the Robert...
Food + Wine Magazine's Maple-Glazed Beans
I get asked a lot about baked beans, but being a native Californian, I'm more helpful with things like Drunken Beans or refrieds. The January issue of Food + Wine...
Poached Eggs Over Red Nightfall Beans
Too many eggs is too good a problem. I've been going through Michel Roux's wonderful book, Eggs and I've been practicing the most basic techniques and experimenting with trickier dishes...
Prickly Pear (Tunas) Harvest
It's that time of year when the prickly pears are swollen and ripe and begging to be picked. I feel a but pretentious calling them tunas when we have the...
The Soaking Question, Again
I recently received this email:I made a pot of the Good Mother Stallard beans over the weekend. Did a 2 day soak and they still took (what I consider) a...
Easy Chorizo at Home
Shhhh! Don't tell but I bought one of those monster pork shoulders at Costco. I made fair carnitas with half of it but what to do with the rest? I...
Rancho Gordo Mostly New World Stuffing
I developed this recipe a few years ago for the Sunday farmers market in Marin. A version of it even made the local paper. All of the ingredients are indigenous...
Searing Hot Love
I love my Rio Fuego and Gay Caballero hot sauces. They have a lovely bark and bite but now again I want to blow my head of with a hot,...
Empanadas with Mole
One of the problems with making mole is that it's such a hassle, you want to make a lot. You freeze it, share it, do everything you can, and in...
Black Calypsos with Pancetta and Sage, plus a little Slow Food Nation News
I had some pancetta from The Fatted Calf recently. What a treat to have access to such a great product. It reminded me of one of my favorite ways to...
Huevos Estilo Jalapa
Talk about having a good morning! This breakfast will put you in a good mood for the rest of the day. This recipe serves six but you can you can...