Kitchen Cue's Scarlet Runners with Feta, Cilantro and Tomatoes
Chef Shellie Kark has a really neat looking cooking program at her website, Kitchen Cue. It's worth checking out. Shellie was nice enough to share her Scarlet Runner recipe and...
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Chile Relleno with Shrimp, Scrambled Eggs and Nopales
Well, Internet friends, I think I've done it. This was the best chile relleno so far. The stuffing was poached shrimp, scrambled eggs (straight from the henhouse) and cooked nopales...
Tamales by the Bay
Last year, one of my favorite events was the Benchmark Institute's Taste of Tamales by the Bay. Dozens of tamal makers offered samples, along with our beans and some great...
North Bay Cooking Classes
My friend Kay Baumhefner is one of my favorite chefs and teachers. Her classes are like nothing else and I recommend them without reservation. I showed up to offer some...
Beans 'n' Butt Stew
Again, customer Canice Flanagan comes up with a great dish: Beans 'n' Butt Stew INGREDIENTS 8 ounces Rancho Gordo Pebbles beans, cooked while prep work starts on the stew; you...
Chicken in Jamaica
There were so many great things to remember about my trip to Guanajuato last Fall that I've started to forget. How could I? Other than being one of the most...
Poblanos Stuffed with Quinoa and Beans
I've been swamped with work lately and the thought of eating out again or buying prepared food (which almost never satisfies, except for maybe a burrito) wasn't looking so good....
Heirloom Bean Book on Amazon
If you're a bargain hunter, Heirloom Beans: Recipes From Rancho Gordo, my book being published this fall by Chronicle Books, is currently in a pre-order stage and only $15.61 instead...
A Brief Vacation
You'd think I'd get tired of traveling to Mexico but so far it hasn't happened. I just spent a nice week in Puerto Vallarta strictly as a vacation; no work....
Good Bacon
I'm sorry for you shoppers who can't get to the farmers market at Ferry Plaza, but I have to make sure those who come know about Prather Ranch's new bacon....
Good Food in Mexico City
The first time I was in Mexico City, I wasn't in love with the food I found in restaurants. To be fair, I had just come from Oaxaca where I...
Ouch!: DeArbol Chile Salsa
This was in the Rancho Gordo newsletter, in case you missed it: We are coming to the end of our DeArbol chile crop. These were grown near Stockton and dried...