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• Hope Springs Eternal

  Hope springs eternal. I use that phrase a lot at this time of year but mostly in regards to baseball. Each year I believe my beloved Mariners will have the year they deserve. Last year they actually did what I'd hoped they do - win more than half their Read More... Posted Sunday, March 07, 2010 7:03 AM from Culinary Fool | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Super Roll on the way to Super Bowl

  I admit that in many ways - okay, maybe in all ways - I've been a pretty slow adopter of social media. Which is a little odd considering that at times in my professional life (the job I get paid to do...) I've often been responsible for online communities Read More... Posted Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:47 PM from Culinary Fool | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Sangre de Toro (Bull's Blood) Beans

  We finally have a good supply of Sangre de Toro beans available. These are part of the Rancho Gordo-Xoxoc Project and are ideal for New Orleans Red Beans and Rice recipes. Martha Stewart's Everyday Food has a simple but solid... Read More... Posted Monday, January 11, 2010 4:33 PM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients, In the kitchen

• Citrus Time

  I think I love the winter season citrus fruits nearly as much as the stone fruits of summer. While all citrus is in season right now, there's one special fruit that is showing up around town, Meyer lemons. I was just about to alert you that they are now Read More... Posted Monday, January 11, 2010 12:22 PM from Culinary Fool | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Good Mother Stallards and Wild Mushrooms

  I'm lucky enough to have a few friends who forage for wild mushrooms. They tell me this has been an incredible year for chantrelles and they seem to be right! I think the secret with mushrooms is that you need... Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:47 PM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients, In the kitchen, food and drink

• Bean Art: Virgen de Guadalupe

  We have some great workers here at Rancho Gordo from Napa Valley Support Services. They help with the bean weighing, bagging and general production. The program also has an arts project and for our opening a few weeks ago, they... Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 29, 2009 7:39 PM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients, Misc

• You Say Posole, I Say Pozole

  I was going to post about the tradition of making a posole for Christmas Eve. For me, it's easy, delicious and a nice contrast to the inevitably debauched feast that awaits us the next day. An article on Serious Eats... Read More... Posted Friday, December 18, 2009 11:18 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients, food and drink

• Honey Beans

  One of my favorite books is Frank X. Tolbert's A Bowl of Red, a tribute to Texas chili. He of course insists on bean-less chili. I understand but I still like a few mixed in. It doesn't need to be... Read More... Posted Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:39 PM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients, In the kitchen

• Good Mother Stallard

  You probably know, but I wanted to remind you that we have Good Mother Stallards back. With maybe the exception of Runner Cannellini, their absence from our stock has been the most painful. They're great for so many reasons but... Read More... Posted Monday, December 07, 2009 12:36 PM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients, food and drink

• Sour Prickly Pears (Xoconostle) in Napa!

  Ever since my first taste of xoconostle in Guanajuato many years ago, I've been a little sad that I haven't been able to grow or find them here in California. I tried to grow them but it didn't work. I'd... Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 02, 2009 3:59 PM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Shrimp Soup with Mexican Vanilla

  Not long ago I bought an interesting and beautiful book called La Vainilla Mexicana (Mexican Vanilla). One of the more interesting soups involved shrimp and vanilla and as soon as I read about it I knew I had to make... Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:44 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients, In the kitchen, food and drink

• Tunas

  This weekend's harvest. Just because! Read More... Posted Monday, November 09, 2009 3:44 PM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Last of the Homegrown Produce

  Yesterday was an absolutely picture-perfect autumn day here in Seattle! Sunny, warm if you were in the sun, with the leaves in full color. I took the opportunity to do the end of the year pots-on-the-deck cleanup including the pots of herbs and peppers Read More... Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 7:32 AM from Culinary Fool | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• Fall at the Farmers' Markets

  As the weather turns cold it is sometimes hard to remember that the Farmers' Markets are still going strong. In fact, fall is one of the best times to visit. Not only are vegetables and fruits in abundance but the summertime crowds have dropped off so Read More... Posted Sunday, October 25, 2009 11:19 AM from Culinary Fool | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients

• My Nopal Runneth Over

  A little love, a little sun, a little water and next thing you know you have a prickly pear cactus that's so heavy with fruit, the paddles start breaking. Rather than throw them into the compost pile, I saved them... Read More... Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 6:00 AM from Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens | 0 Comments Filed under: Ingredients, In the garden, food and drink