The suddenly trendy, slow-cooked, chile-flavored stew called birria comes from the Mexican state of Jalisco, and that’s about the only thing birria aficionados agree on. The early goat versions, some say, were one way of dealing with an exploding population of the animals that had been introduced by Spanish colonizers. Others argue that goatherds just…
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Chicken Cashew Korma
Whether you roast your own or grab one from the rotisserie, the leftovers from a whole chicken make this Indian-inspired dish quick and simple. The slowly cooked caramelized onions do take some time, but they really add flavor so be patient. A little spicy achaar and cool yogurt make for a tasty finish. CHICKEN CASHEW…
Home Grown Los Roast
Late summer and fall brings chile roasting season to New Mexico, and the air is perfumed with the distinct scent of the long peppers charring outdoors in a propane-fired cylindrical roaster. Food lovers flock to the Hatch Valley to load up on its eponymous green chiles. We might not get the mouth-watering aroma here in…
Raising a glass to 2021
If you’re anything like us, you’re eagerly awaiting the new year. 2020 has been a bumpy ride for us all, and while we’ve still got a ways to go until things feel back to normal, the symbolic gesture of beginning a new year fills us with hope, happiness, and a bit of cheer. Like most of the wine we…
Real Good Food: Bitter is Better
Most of us only know radicchio as the round, reddish-purple, lettuce-like vegetable, usually grown in California. But more local farmers are growing several different varieties of this winter vegetable with Italian roots and an intriguing bitter flavor. The colorful member of the chicory family offers the region’s eaters a better-tasting alternative to out of season…
Purple & Naked in Oregon
We grow a lot of barley in Oregon, but it’s mostly used to make beer or feed cattle. Most of what we actually eat is pearled, a process that grinds the tough hull off the barley berry. Unfortunately, it takes most of the nutrients and fiber, so pearled barley lands in the same category as…