Poached Eggs Over Red Nightfall Beans
Too many eggs is too good a problem. I've been going through Michel Roux's wonderful book, Eggs and I've been practicing the most basic techniques and experimenting with trickier dishes...
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Prickly Pear (Tunas) Harvest
It's that time of year when the prickly pears are swollen and ripe and begging to be picked. I feel a but pretentious calling them tunas when we have the...
The Soaking Question, Again
I recently received this email:I made a pot of the Good Mother Stallard beans over the weekend. Did a 2 day soak and they still took (what I consider) a...
Easy Chorizo at Home
Shhhh! Don't tell but I bought one of those monster pork shoulders at Costco. I made fair carnitas with half of it but what to do with the rest? I...
Cellini Runners with Merguez Sausages
A market trade with Taylor from Fatted Calf led to this delicious dinner using leftover Cellini runner beans and fresh Merguez sausages from Fatted Calf. After cooking the sausages and...
Menu for Hope and Rancho Gordo
It's time again for the Menu for Hope charity for the UN World Food Program. This year Rancho Gordo will be donating a fancy sampler, planned just for this event....
Rancho Gordo Mostly New World Stuffing
I developed this recipe a few years ago for the Sunday farmers market in Marin. A version of it even made the local paper. All of the ingredients are indigenous...
Searing Hot Love
I love my Rio Fuego and Gay Caballero hot sauces. They have a lovely bark and bite but now again I want to blow my head of with a hot,...
It's a Boy! It's a Girl!
What's the sound? I haven't heard it since last Spring? What is this hen sitting on? Holy smokes! Remember the eggs I found under the ramp of the chicken coop?...
Queso Fundido and Knowing You Are Really Happy
Can you tell I enjoy being on the road? I also really love my life here and I know I'm the luckiest guy on the planet in that I get...
Xoconostle
On this last trip south, I became a little obsessed with the sour prickly pear called xoconostle. They're mostly used for sauces but I had them candied and even in...
Rancho Gordo in Gourmet
Wow. A customer at the farmers market asked me about Gourmet magazine and I smiled and didn't understand what she was talking about. Then another customer mentioned seeing the beans...