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...
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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...
Baked Fish with Tomatoes and Olives on a Bed of Pureed Cassoulet Beans
Anissa Helou's Feast: Foood of the Islamic World (Ecco Press, 2018) is a great book and you should have it in your personal library. It's big, beautiful and full of...
Too Much Corn? Leftover Beans? Soup Is On the Way
Between the farmers markets, my own vegetable garden, and sloppy refrigerator housekeeping, I often end up with too many vegetables. This week it was too much corn. The result was...
Cassoulet Bean Soup with Guanciale and Capers
This was a winner. I only took notes so I don't have a proper recipe for you but I bet you can manage and maybe even make this better. Leftover...
Rancho Gordo Goes to Alta Baja with More Stars than in the Heavens!
Rancho Gordo Supper in Orange County to Highlight Heirloom Mexican Beans, Support High School Art Program On Sunday, July 8, Rancho Gordo, renowned purveyor of heirloom beans, will hold its...
Beans As Part of the Columbian Exchange
Part of the fun of being featured in The New Yorker was hearing from people all over the world and their stories about beans and/or Mexico. One of the most...
Easy Beans in a Slow Cooker
Two relatively recent books on slow cookers have inspired me to dust mine off. I go through periods where I am enchanted but often the results are a murky mess....
A New Favorite Tool in the Kitchen
I have plenty of slotted spoons but a slotted ladle is a new one for me. I got this one at our beloved local cookware store, Shackford's, here in Napa....
The Burden of Fame: I Kind of Like It!
Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. -Marilyn Monroe I'd be willing to try having caviar...
A Simple Bean Broth Enjoyed Thrice (Yes, I Used This Pretentious Word)
Sometimes you make beans and there's a lot of broth leftover. I have fallen so in love with bean broth that I make sure there's plenty when I make beans....