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The Rancho Gordo Blog

Ingredient Spotlight

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....

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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...

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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...

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Black Calypso Beans are Back

I'm happy to announce the return of Black Calypso beans to Rancho Gordo. We haven't had them in well over a year, maybe longer, and it's a shame we ran...

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Epazote

Every year I regret I that I haven't planted epazote (Chenopodium ambrosioides) to sell at the farmers market. It's easy to grow and people tend to ask about it. Somehow...

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Chiilaca Chiles in Action

Previously I wrote about chilacas and now Catalan Farms (my neighbors at the Ferry Plaza Farmer Market) have a big harvest of them. You can also find them in Latino...

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