Office Closed
The Rancho Gordo office and warehouse will be closed Friday because of the Wine Auction. If you're going to Taste Napa Valley, be sure to look for Susan and Elizabeth...
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Notes From My Sickbed
Last week I managed to finally catch the flu that I'd been avoiding all winter. I am not a good patient and tend to feel like my flu is of...
This and That
Tortillas. Again. Just as we seemed to be back on track, the tortilla guy flaked and quit the business with no warning. I feel your pain but there's nothing I...
Good Cheese in Mexico
As you read this, I am in Baja, probably snoring loudly on a warm beach. I'm pretty exhausted and I'll be taking a week off to soak in some fun....
A Clarification on Tequesquite and an Update from Marilyn Tausend
One of my desert island books is Marilyn Tausend's Cocina de la Familia. My copy is literally falling apart. She's also worked on several other classics and givesd culinary tours...
Update on San Franciscano Beans, etc.
Well, it looks like you've done it again. We're virtually out of the San Franciscano beans I wrote about yesterday. But they're from the sweetest farmer I met down in...
This and That
The Rancho Gordo StoreFirst, the big news: We've signed a lease for a much bigger place here in Napa. The new location is closer to downtown, even walkable from the...
Calling Canada. Oh, Canada!
Those pushy Canadians! Every day there's at least one (and often more) emails from Canadians wanting beans. We can hardly keep up with what we're doing, how the heck can...
Market Update
Elizabeth and Sophie will be at ferry plaza tomorrow but the tortilla making machinery is down for annual maintenance so we won't have tortillas (or chips) for two weeks.
When Our Own Heritage Becomes Exotic
I was reading someone write about Rancho Gordo beans and they described them as exotic. I love being part of the buzz but it seems odd that using our own...
Shipping Update
Shipping: As you may have heard, shipping giant DHL has first declared bankruptcy and now announces that it's ceasing domestic deliveries. We of course use DHL almost exclusively so we're...
