Visiting the Mixteca Salt Mines in Zapotitlan Salinas
Last week I was in Zapotitlan Salinas in Puebla with our Xoxoc partners. We stopped to see the salt flats again and as you can see, it's really a strange,...
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Travel in Mexico
Making Carnitas
A master carnitas maker adds fresh orange juice to his cauldron. Actually they're called cazos but I think cauldron works, too! Go big or go home, I guess! (This photo...
Last Crop of Images from Hidalgo
April 2015. Chapantongo, Hidalgo, Mexico This is one of the beanfields.
Even More Scenes from Hidalgo
April 2015. Chapantongo, Hidalgo, Mexico This is Araceli, who makes our stoneground chocolate.
Breakfast at the Hacienda
I just came back from co-hosting our last Beans Tour (The Rancho Gordo-Xoxoc Food and Agriculture Tour and Workshops) in Hidalgo. I'm sad to say goodbye to this project but...
Meeting the Great Traditional Chefs of Michoacan
I was rather shocked when I got the invitation to be a judge for the Encuentro de Cocineras Tradicionales de Michoacan. I’d attended the event a few years ago and...
A Beautiful Runner Bean from Michoacan: Ayocote Purepecha
I will soon be writing more about a recent trip to Morelia that changed me in a lot of ways. For now, I wanted to introduce you to some lovely...
My Short Career Making Tortillas
In 2010, I had the notion to open a tortilla factory here in Napa using the heriloom corn we were importing from Mexico. A commercial tortilleria using heirloom corn was...
Breakfast of Champions
I was visiting my friends Maria and Isidro in their little village called Tepehuaje, right on the Lago Chapala and the first morning they asked if I wanted to join...
Cooking with Clay: San Marcos Tlapazola
I am a little nuts and plan to catalog my collection of clay cooking pieces. I have a lot and like all good hoarders, all I need is one more...
2nd Annual Beans Tour and Ag Workshops in Mexico
I'm late posting the photos but here are some scenes from the Beans Tour ealier this spring. I actually stopped taking photos when I saw how good the photos were...