The Heirloom Bean Encuentro Menu
These are the different courses from the Heirloom Bean Encuentro. It was a little too much food, which isn't clear from these photos. There was a lot to eat! As...
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The 2023 Heirloom Bean Encuentro : Rancho Gordo Bean Supper at Alta Baja Market
My friend Delilah Snell is a wee bit nuts, She has the energy of a hurricane, but she also can have the focus of a mathemetician. She loves making...
Testing Techniques for Refried Beans
I sometimes believe my love of beans came from the can of refried beans my family would use for tostada nights in the late 1960s and 1970s. I loved the...
Remembering Our Days at the Farmers Markets
A recent post on our Instagram account has lead me down a nostalgic path. I've always been fortunate but looking back over the years, I had to work really hard...
Gordo-Con: The Heirloom Bean Encuentro at Alta Baja
Delilah Snell, the genius behind Alta Baja Market, had the idea to celebrate our heirloom beans and throw a real party. Years earlier, we had a nice dinner but this...
The Sorana Bean. From Tuscany, With Love
Last autumn I was in Italy for the first time in way too long. This was the funny time when we all thought this covid thing was waning and we...
Happy Harvest: Frijolon Gris
It has been a long time since I played in the garden. I have not been a good steward of my land and as we got busier and busier over...
Jesús Helguera, Our Calendar Artist
One of the first things I did when I started Rancho Gordo was to offer free calendars every year featuring almost exclusively the art of Jesús Helguera. I love the...
Fennel and Thyme Roasted Beans
This is a fine recipe from Thomasina Meyers in The Guardian. I asked the staff if they would make it and it was as good as it sounds, although calling...
A Grated Salad
I love salad but the act of making one on a busy night is often not a pleasure for me. This will sound insane but the lettuce bugs me the...
A Last Meal al fresco Before the Rains: Fish & Shrimp with Alubia Blanca
Here in Napa the rains are late. We're nervous but we hear there's a big storm coming in. Typically, it's sunny and clear, and hard to imagine today. I took...
This Is Why We Can't Relax
I just received this press release from No More Deaths. We add a 5% "tariff" to all our imports from the Rancho Gordo-Xoxoc Project and then match this as a...