Rio Fuego Bloody Maria
Erik Ellestad is one of the Bright Young Kids preparing and creating modern cocktails. I'm pretty much "old school", as in gin martinis and Manhattans, but anytime a Rancho Gordo...
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Beef Tacos in Jalisco
This last spring, I was visiting my friends Maria and Isidro at their home in Jalisco, Mexico. They were great hosts and it was really different than visits to their...
More on Sangrita
My neighbor at the Ferry Plaza farmers market is Happy Girl Kitchens. Todd and his wife Jordan have lots of really unusual and delicious items but I was blown away...
Jamaica Agua Fresca
If all the talk about how bad soda is for you is getting you down, you could switch to an easy-to-make alternative that tastes exotic and is loaded with vitamin...
Giant White Lima Beans
People often are offering me their beans to sell as a Rancho Gordo product. It's almost always a mistake but I did get a hold of a small quantity of...
Making Masa from Scratch
More and more, tortillerias here in the states and in Mexico are switching from fresh masa, made from nixtamalized corn, to instant masa harina, which is made by just adding...
Easy Chicken Pozole
I had some extra corn from my masa experiments and decided to make pozole in the Mexican manner. In New Mexico and the Southwest, this means making a stew using...
Cooking With Clay, Part 6
Yet another of the beautiful cazuelas from the beautiful Christopher Ann made it's way on to my table recently. I don't know if you can quite tell from the photo...
Eating Pebble Beans
So we sampled the Pebbles this weekend at the farmers market and they were a big hit. They are dense like a Pinquito and meaty like a Black Nightfall. As...
Fresh Tomato Salsa
Please don't tell me you're buying prepared salsa when tomatoes are so gorgeous right now. Nothing could be easier to prepare and at least here in Northern California, we're enjoying...
New Heirloom Bean: Pebbles
Here's a flash! We'll be bringing a new crop of this beautiful heirloom bean, Pebbles, on Saturday to the farmers market. Despite looking like a mix, it's one plant and...
Tomatillo Salsa Revisited
The blog system was down yesterday so I didn't get a chance to do something new but with tomate verde showing up in the garden and the market, it's a...