My Way of Cooking: A Plea for Simplicty
There are so many ways of thinking about cooking. Our instinct with beans would be to add all kinds of flavors. Maybe vegetables and meats plus stock. Then let them...
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Look, Ma! I Made Me a Cassoulet!
I spent Sunday finally making a cassoulet. I’ve been curling up with Kate Hill’s Cassoulet: A French Obsession, for a week or so and finally decided to take the plunge....
Sunday Supper: Dover Sole in Hoja Santa
Things seem so nuts and my one island of control and sanity is Sunday Supper. I'm lucky enough to have one of my sons and my mother on hand almost...
Leftover Strategies: Pasta and Beans via Cassoulet
I spent Sunday making cassoulet. It was weirdly easy. I had worked myself up into a nervous frenzy but it's a wonderful, comfortable dish. Part of the production is browning...
Leftover Strategies: Spinach, Ricotta and Cassoulet Beans
This photo has made the rounds on Instagram and Twitter so I thought I'd add it here as well. It seems to have struck a nerve. I've had people ask...
Free E-Book: The New World Thanksgiving
Every year we like to share our ebooklet, Rancho Gordo Thanksgiving. Whether you go all indigenous ingredient or just use it as a source of inspiration, it's yours and you...
It's Cassoulet Season. Don't Get Left Out in the Cold!
We welcome back with open arms our Cassoulet beans. Grown stateside from seed stock from Tarbes, France, these are our version of the famous, delicious and mythical Tarbais beans. Some...
A Constant Favorite: Fennel, Potato and White Bean Soup
This is a soup I keep coming back to. The surprise is the fennel. When well cooked, there's still the hint of anis but it caramelizes beautifully and the combination...
Mushroom "Carnitas" with Heirloom White Beans
These boiled, then fried, mushrooms are intense and delicious. We love them with our Cassoulet beans but Alubia Blanca, Ayocote Blanco, Flageolet or Marcella beans would all be great. You...
More Leftover Strategies: Egg in Bean Broth with Sausage and Mozzarella
This was about as happy as I can get in the morning. Leftover Ayocote Negro (but Ayocote Morado or Scarlet Runners would be excellent as well), bean broth, chicken broth,...
Leftover Strategies: Eggs Poached in Tomato-Bean Broth with Mushroom Carnitas
Go ahead and laugh but for months I've been starting my day off with Zumba exercise DVDs. It's hard work but it beats the treadmill I was using and I...
A Nearly Magical Tomato Sauce
I grew up with classic Italian red sauce, often from a jar. As I learned more about Italian food, I took more care but it never dawned on me that...