Slow Cooker Mushrooms with Domingo Rojo Beans and Brown Rice
I was given a lot of mushrooms and they were spending too much time in my fridge, so I decided to do a little test with my new slow cooker....
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Don't Share This With an Italian: Hominy, Domingo Rojo and Pancetta
While Italian food is surely one of the best cuisines, Italians can be a little closed off to innovation. This isn't so much of a bastardization of their delicious food...
More Uses for Prepared Hominy Beyond Pozole
Don't tell my Mexican friends. Don't tell my southern friends. The fact is, hominy is great and it goes beyond grits or pozole (or posole). I was making pozole for...
Cooking Brown Rice in a Rice Cooker
So as you may have noticed, this month we're really focusing on rice and beans. A new shipment of Massa Organics whole grain brown rice has been a big part...
Cooking Superior (Nay, Perfect!) Brown Rice in a Clay Donabe Pot
I always laugh when I hear Alton Brown and his followers declare, as an absolute, No single purpose kitchen gadgets! When did this become a law? There are many of...
The Power and the Glory of Rice & Beans
If you received our newsletter last week, you know that my current obsession is rice and beans and beans and rice. It's an ideal marriage with nothing controversial about it....
Pinole: One of the Great Mexican Treats You Might Not Know About
Yunuen from Xoxoc was very excited when she told me about a special pinole (peen-oh-lay) made from heirloom blue corn. I wasn’t 100 percent sure what to do with it...
What Italian Bean Did Marcella Hazan Miss the Most? I Know.
Marcella beans are grown in California from Italian Sorana seedstock. Sorana is a cannellini bean with incredibly thin skin and when cooked properly, an indulgent creamy texture. You can use...
Advice from a Reader: Black Eyed Peas and Collard Greens
I'm such a lucky fellow to have such smart customers and readers. Paula was reading about my adventures with our new Black Eyed Peas and sent the following. You'll want...
You Now Have New Years Day Plans: Bryant Terry's Texas Caviar on Grilled Rustic Bread
My new passion for Black Eyed Peas has led me to local author Bryant Terry and his book, Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed. There are lots of...
The Glory That Is Posole
Like a lot of you, I make Posole over the holidays. Last year I made mine for New Year's Eve and as I was making it, I started laughing at...
How Lucky Can You Get? Black Eyed Peas for New Years Day
We get more requests for Black Eyed Peas for New Year’s Day than just about anything. Eager shoppers come to our stores or online, expecting us to have the best...