An Easy, Delicious Recipe: Flageolet in Tomato Sauce
I am in love with Flageolet. The French bred them from New World bean stock and they did a bang up job by all accounts. I remember at first thinking...
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Jolie Vue Farms Cassoulet
Jennifer, our Queen of Customer Service, started a conversation with customer Glen Boudreaux about cassoulet and I wanted to share it with you. Cassoulet is one of the those things...
The True and Glorious Story of a Single Pot of Rancho Gordo Garbanzo Beans
A friend was asking about a recipe that called for a cup of cooked beans and wanted to know how much she should cook to yield a cup. My feeling...
Baseball's Opening Day is April 2: Be Prepared with Rio Zape-Felicidad Bean Dip
The only thing greater than my love of food is my passion for sports. No. That's a lie. But I do get a kick out of everyone else yelling at...
Louisiana Red Beans and Rice from a Vegetarian Perspective
I get a lot of really nice emails. Thomas Leming wrote as a native about his experiences with classic Red Beans and Rice and I just had to share his...
Paula Wolfert's Unforgettable Sandpot Mushrooms
I am totally enamored with Emily Thelin's new biography of Paula Wolfert, Unforgettable. I don't know how it's possible that the major publishing houses had no interest in this book...
Add This To My Obsession List: New Orleans Red Beans and Rice
It’s easy to get obsessed about New Orleans Red Beans and Rice. It’s a delicious dish with a mythic story. I’ve had many great versions, and even more bad ones....
In Which I Discover the Thrill of Chicken Wings
We were sitting around the office here at Rancho Gordo, thinking about how we'll spend our energies over the new year. There was talk about a Valentines Day promotion but...
Recipe: Heirloom White Bean Dip (Not just for game day)
For the last Super Bowl, we thought it would be fun to come up with some twists on traditional game day food. This white bean dip was great and it's...
My Little Black Book: 10 Years of Dinner Parties
I've been writing about dinner parties lately. A lot. As these weird, scary political times continue, I feel compelled to surround myself with people I care about and feed them....
Free: Download the Rancho Gordo Big Game Day Food Companion
Go Team, GO!!!!! I have to pretend to care about sports, but my enthusiasm for the parties, friends and food is real, so we came up with this little guide,...
Making Ricotta at Home
Continuing with my being "thrifty" (equals CHEAP), I sometimes don't go through all of my milk before the expiration day. I hate waste. Somewhere in the back of my mind...