Posole or Pozole? A Rose By Any Other Name
Recently on Twitter, the very talented Pati Jinich wrote that she was irked by the word posole. "It is Pozole with a Z!!!! Posole is nothing, nada!! Posole equals not...
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Rants
Opportunities (An Editorial)
Imagine what creating opportunities for our neighbors would mean for them and for us? What if we stopped selling arms to the bad guys? What if we stopped consuming illegal...
Announcement: Our Response to Proposed Tariffs on Mexican Imports
Our government recently decided to threaten a 5% tariff on imports from Mexico, with the fees escalating up to 25%. 5% doesn’t sound like much but you have to realize...
Rant: Let's Go Mexican Countries!
A few years ago, a friend's teacher daughter described a situation where her students were intensely debating whether they could call people Mexicans. "You can't call them that!" The teacher...
A Rant: We Are Not Normal
This was in our newsletter a couple of weeks ago and it clearly had an impact on some of our bean buddies. I thought I'd reprint it here. Maybe you...
FedEx Drops the NRA
As you may remember, we dropped FedEx over their insistence on partnering with the NRA. They've been stubborn and even now, they're insisting they've dropped the NRA because of financial...
The Best 10 Rules to Live by When You Are Young and Ready to Travel.
My friend Canice saw this photo of me from the early 1980s in Sestri Levante. It's a beach town in Liguria, Italy and I spent many summers there in my...
Food Costs Too Darn Much! Medicine Costs Even More and There Is No Pleasure Involved
Twitter is fun. It's also painful. Mario Batali doesn't back down from fights, even though sometimes I think it feeds the trolls by responding them. I think he's a great...
Our San Francisco Store is Closing
It's with very mixed emotions that I have to announce the closing of our San Francisco store in the Ferry Building Marketplace. It's been an incredible experience and I wouldn't...
My Little Black Book: 10 Years of Dinner Parties
I've been writing about dinner parties lately. A lot. As these weird, scary political times continue, I feel compelled to surround myself with people I care about and feed them....
Food Real Fast: Don't Tell Me You're Too Busy To Cook!
I was chatting with a friend about the wave of prepared food delivery services. I'm sure they are a godsend to some, but I just don't get the appeal. The...
2016: It Wasn't All Sadness and Politics
There's been so much talk of 2016 being one of the worst years in memory. I've had my share of heartache but there were many bright spots. I might need...