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...
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Ingredient Spotlight
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....
Cooking the Rice Bean
Last month I wrote about the Rice bean that my customer Daniel Osborn had brought back from Chiapas. My friends at UC Davis were very curious about it but asked...
You Posole, I say Pozole
For the record, in Mexico, the finished dish is called pozole. It's normally a fresh chile and tomatillo dish with pork or a dried red chile and chicken dish. I...
A New Bean From Puebla
The city of Puebla was a super surprise. I expected the food to be good but I had no idea quite how wonderful it can be. My friends Nuria and...
Chile Navideño from Puebla
I was just in lovely Puebla. I've never been and it was a gas. I met some wonderful people and the food was incredible. I brought back a sack of...
De Arbol Chiles at the Market
Joan (and Dan) are bringing a new batch of De Arbol chiles to the market tomorrow in San Francisco. These are the short, hot pain-inducing delights I'd mentioned earlier. You...
More Beans from Chiapas
My friend Connie Green, who runs the Wine Forest and is known by most everyone as The Mushroom Lady, brought these varieties back from Chiapas. These were called Ron, as...
Rice Bean from Chiapas
My farmers market customer Daniel Osborn stopped by the booth and was nice enough to bring back one of the prettiest and most unusual beans I've ever seen. I asked...
De'Arbol Chiles
One of the guys in the beanfields had a bumper crop of deArbol chiles and I snatched up all he had. Large quantities of large chiles are difficult to dry...
New Product Available This Saturday
This Saturday we'll have a starchy dried corn called La Montosa available. This is unprepared flint corn and can be ground for polenta or prepared in the Mexican manner by...
A Reader Discovers Red Nightfall
One of my earliest online customers, Mary Anita, wrote me recently about her love affaire with Red Nightfall. Hi Steve, I'm sure you remember me as a great bean lover....