Morelia Market Shots
Some random food shots from the Mercado Independencia in Morelia, Michoacan.
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Books I Like: Street Food of Mexico and La Cocina Mexicana
I have a scary number of Mexican cookbooks. And there are a scary number of books out there celebrating, documenting, glorifying and sometimes unintentionally misinforming. If you're really interested, there...
Spanish for Beginners
If you work here at Rancho Gordo, one of the perks is free Spanish lessons. Taught by our own Julio Soriano, this week's lesson is particularly grand. Find a friend...
Beans from Ecuador
Wine Forest's Connie Green recently spent some time in Ecuador and was kind enough to bring me back the beans she found there. She admitted that it wasn't a great...
MesAmerica: Four Days Incredible Days in Mexico
photo ©Docsconz.comAlthough it's a little like taking coals to Newcastle, I just got back from Mexico City where I told our story to 500 food visionaries and thousands of culinary...
Sweet Corn and Fresh Oregano Fritters
We had a great little party here at the Rancho Gordo store in celebration of the new book by Georgeanne Brennan and Ann M Evans, The Davis Farmers Market Cookbook....
For the Ladies- A New T-shirt!
Apparently women don't always want to wear a men's boxy tee! Who knew? Well, some of the gals here asked and now they have receieved: A nice women's cut scoop...
And Baby Makes Four
I awoke this morning to a text from my friends in Mexico. Normally this would mean that U.S. Customs wasn't sure what a garbanzo bean was and we need to...
Kitchen Object Fetish No. 2: Wooden Tortilla Press
Meet another new best friend. This wooden tortilla press is incredible. It's heavy. beautiful and does the job like no other. Conventional wisdom tells us that the heavy metal presses...
Newsletter Errata
The Future of Food and Farming Forum I mentioned in our newsletter (but neglected to tell you when!) is on Wednesday, May 23 at Forchetta/Bastoni in Sebastopol at 5:oo p.m....
The Art of Mexican Graphics
This is what I would normally say is a very typical Mexican store. I don't think the panda aspect is all that inspired but I love the look of the...
Another Night, Another Hacienda
A recent trip to Mexico sent me to Tlaxcala, not far from Mexico City, looking for masks. I don't have a thing for masks in general, but I do love...