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• Foods the Americas Gave the World

  I'm doing some research for a pre-Columbian dinner (details to come shortly) and while I knew that a lot of our indigenous food was a real gift to the world, it's almost staggering seeing it in a list like this.... Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 5:34 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Bean and Purslane Soup

  I've been a fan of purslane for a long time. There's a famous Mexican stew with pork and purslane but sometimes you don't want a big old pork fiesta. It's rare, but sometimes you just want a nice soup. I... Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 2:33 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Which Beans Are Healthiest?

  The question I dislike most, after "Which is your favorite beans?", is "Which bean is healthiest?" There's a side of me that couldn't care less. Beans have so much going for them and we know they're healthy, so let's relax.... Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:32 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Pigeon Peas (Cajanus cajan)

  We grew a small amount of pigeon peas. They're not New World, in fact, they probably originate in Asia. You don't see them much in Mexico but in Central America, they're very popular. In India, they're known as toor dal.... Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 4:00 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Raspberry Jam

  I generally make cooked jam. This year, since I have room in my freezer, I decided to make up a batch of freezer jam. It's super simple to make, takes no time at all and the resulting jam is very fresh-tasting. However, the containers are not nearly as Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:19 AM from Culinary Fool | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• 4th of July

  I am so excited yesterday I picked my first tomato of the year! This is way early for tomatoes here in Western Washington. But when I was buying plants from my Farmers' Market guy, Billy, he said this was a great and early ripening plant. It's name? 4th Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 8:16 PM from Culinary Fool | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• An Obsession with Cactus:Like Love, It Can Really Hurt

  The following is an article I wrote last year that didn't get published. I just reread it and thought it was pretty good! Some of the information may be redundant for regular readers. Tunas, not quite ripe. Rancho Gordo. One... Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 6:00 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Delayed Gratification

  Our strawberry season here in the northwest was seriously delayed this year with all the cool weather we had in May and June. Normally I can pick a few berries in early June and then they continue ripening through early July and sometimes later. But I'd Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 2:37 PM from Culinary Fool | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Vallarta Beans Are Back

  Vallarta is a strange bean. Raw, it is green. Cooked, it looks like Yellow Indian Woman and even tastes a little like it but it's denser, almost fudge-like. I love it but I think it works best with some sauteed... Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:50 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients, In the kitchen

• Copper River Salmon is Here!

  There are those who say we make too much of it. And I wonder if they've ever really had this moist and luscious salmon properly prepared? But for me (and thousands of others) this is an event to be celebrated. Copper River salmon is now available at local Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Saturday, May 17, 2008 7:37 AM from Culinary Fool | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Pepitas

  This is an easy snack. Once cooked, I also grind them in the molcajete just a bit and add them to a salad. It makes the salad more substantial. Heat a skillet or comal. The one pictured is a clay... Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 8:40 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients, In the kitchen

• Fooled

  Yesterday, while wandering through the grocery store picking up a few things for last night's dinner club dinner I noticed a big stack of corn. Now it's way too early for corn from our area but the gorgeous kernels were irresistible. This corn didn't Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 8:05 AM from Culinary Fool | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Something Good Is Coming

  Here's a hint and it's not the corn: My favorite way to eat corn was to squeeze it with lime and then add a little salt. Now, this chile mixture, from the indigenous Mapuche of Chile, is a key ingredient. Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Monday, May 05, 2008 4:00 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Squash Blossoms for Breakfast

  Everyone knows about goat cheese-stuffed squash blossoms. But don't let your blossom repertoire end there! In Mexico City, I had this lovely omelet type thing and the blossom was embedded in the first egg itself. Topped with panela cheese and... Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:14 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients, On the Road, In the garden, In the kitchen

• A Good Apple Year?

  Apples, like all fruits produce in cycles. A couple years ago I had a ton of apples. Last year none - which was unusual but this is a young tree. If the number of blossoms is any indicator it looks like this might be another very good year. Although if Read More... Share this post: email It! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:13 AM from Culinary Fool | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients