The Rancho Gordo Blog
Cooking With Clay No. 11: The Red Clay of San Marcos Tlapazola, Oaxaca
In the big market at Oaxaca, in the clay cookware area, you will find a stand featuring beautiful red clay cookware. It comes from a village called San Marcos Tlapazola,...
Great Marinade for Chicken
This may sound a little weird but in a mortar I placed: 1/3 cup olive oil 1/3 cup Stivalet Banana Vinegar 1 tablespoon Oregano Indio 1 scant teaspoon Rancho Gordo...
SF Ferry Plaza Farmers Market Change
This will rock your very core but we are moving! Our stall will now be in the back of the market, on the pier, across from Della Fattoria and June...
Chamba Pots: Cooking with Clay No. 10
I recently moved and facing the reality of how many clay pots I own has been humbling. How is it possible I have so many? I'm going through my collection...
Squash in Chile Sauce
I've been so boring these days, working and sleeping and not much else. I did have one good dish, however. A simple soup of chicken stock and pureed chiles with...
Fun with Chocolate
Last week we were participating in the Fancy Food Show. It was an intense three days with an estimated 30,000 people. I'm still a little numb but it was fun...
Blue Corn Tortillas
I'm just getting over everything, it seems. Christmas, New Year's, a bad cold....it's all in the past now. Less herbal tea, fewer Christmas carols and more good food is my...
Guess Who Found the Baby Jesus?
Today at Rancho Gordo, we enjoyed a big Rosca de Reyes. It's a multi-colored coffee cake with a little charm representing the baby Jesus hidden inside. If you are lucky...
New World Cassoulet
Do you want to know who my new hero is? Meet John Fink of The Whole Beast. This winter he's been making cassoulets for clients to heat up and take...
Eating Beans on New Year's Day for Good Luck
This is the time of year the complaints about our not growing black-eye peas come in. We only grow indigenous New World varieties (except for garbanzos) so it doesn't make...
Merry Christmas
Short and sweet: Thank you for all your support. Rancho Gordo is thriving, thanks to you and the staff here.