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Dolores Cakebread: The Cakebread Cellars American Harvest Cookbook: Celebrating Wine, Food, and Friends in the Napa Valley
Another great book from the kitchens of Cakebread Wineries. (*****)Patrick Dennis: Little Me : The Intimate Memoirs of that Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television, Belle Poitrine (as told to Patrick Dennis)
I think this is my desert-island book. Ten times as funny as Auntie Mame, especially if you love old Hollywood. (*****)Edna Kimbro: The California Missions: History, Art and Preservation (Conservation & Cultural Heritage)
First rate mix of coffee table book and well-written history. (*****)Mourad Lahlou: Mourad: New Moroccan
Every page seems to beg me to come to the kitchen. It's so nice to see someone talented hit a home run. (*****)Tom Waits: Hard Ground
But for the grace of God, there go I. Incredible, intense portraits with poems by Tom Waits. (*****)Paula Wolfert: The Food of Morocco
Every cuisine deserves such a beautiful treatment! I can't wait to bring out the tagines and get started. (*****)J. M. G. Le Clezio: The Mexican Dream: Or, The Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations
What if there hadn't been a conquest? How far would the Amerindian culture have gone? (*****)Charles C. Mann: 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
A follow up to his seminal, 1491.Fany Gerson: Paletas: Authentic Recipes for Mexican Ice Pops, Shaved Ice & Aguas Frescas
Fany is my new hero and her new book is shorter, but just as good, as her first, My Sweet Mexico.James Oles: Frida Kahlo: Her Photos
I was really getting tired of all the Frida fans but now I'm giving in and just enjoying it. (*****)Sarah Lowe: Tina Modotti & Edward Weston: The Mexico Years
Breathtakingly beautiful. I think these photos set the standard for modern photography. (*****)Steve Sando: The Rancho Gordo Heirloom Bean Grower's Guide: Steve Sando's 50 Favorite Varieties
You can pre-order my next book at Amazon or with your favorite independent bookseller. It will have a much nicer cover than the one featured here. It's not so much a cookbook but an odd collection of my personal relationship with 50 different beans. (*****)Steve Sando: Heirloom Beans: Great Recipes for Dips and Spreads, Soups and Stews, Salads and Salsas, and Much More from Rancho Gordo
Frankly, the finest cookbook, nay BOOK, ever written by anyone, anywhere. I hate to be immodest but facts are facts and this book belongs in every home in the country. And beyond. Buy now and buy often! Please! (*****)Fany Gerson: My Sweet Mexico: Recipes for Authentic Pastries, Breads, Candies, Beverages, and Frozen Treats
Gerson has cherry-picked the best Mexican sweets and does a fine job of putting them into perspective and describing how to cook them. I didn't think I had any interest in this until the book arrived and now I'm hooked. (*****)Chad Robertson: Tartine Bread
Another beautiful book that's practical to use. The basic rustic country bread recipe is the heart of the book but its the recipes using the bread that are going to make this a great everyday cookbook. (****)Connie Green: The Wild Table: Seasonal Foraged Food and Recipes
Two of my favorite Napa friends, Connie Green and Sarah Scott, have written a great book on foraging food. I think it's worth it alone for the mushroom recipes, foraged or purchased. (*****)Margaret Denise Dubin: Seaweed, Salmon, and Manzanita Cider: A California Indian Feast
Great information on indigenous foods from California.Toby Green: Thomas More's Magician: A Novel Account of Utopia in Mexico (Phoenix Paperback Series)
English ideas in 16th century Mexico. The story of Vasco de Quiroga
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- BRAM Cookware
Amazing collection of clay pots for cooking, now available onlilne. - Black Chamba Pots from Toque Blanche
If you're eager to start cooking with clay, this is the place to start. I love the round soup pots for beans but the casseroles will do as well. - Chiles from Tierra Vegetables
Lee and her brother grow and dry some great chiles. Visit them at the farmers market, online or at their stand. - Wonderful Organic Rice
Take it from someone who generally isn't nuts about brown rice- this stuff is grand!
The Music List
Original Album Series
Tom Waits: Original Album Series (*****)Evolucion: 20 Anos De Toto La Momposina
Toto La Momposina: Evolucion: 20 Anos De Toto La Momposina (****)Hecho En Puerto Rico
Willie Colon: Hecho En Puerto Rico (*****)Este Es Mi Mariachi
Mariachi Cobre: Este Es Mi Mariachi (*****)Mi Tierra
Susana Harp: Mi Tierra (*****)Ay
Astrid Hadid: Ay (*****)
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- We grow many varieties of New World products, specializing in heirloom beans. We sell only domestically in the US at this point, via our website (ranchogordo.com), directly to restaurants and at farmers markets. The older I get, the more I realize I've barely begun to scratch the surface of the things that interest me, so this blog is hardly the last word on anything, just a collection of experiments. If you have questions, more information or corrections, I'd love to hear from you in the "comments" section after each post. The blog is updated on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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