By Patrick on 3 November 2009
Fresh chiles at the Westwind Gardens stand
Growing up in the Southwest, I took green chile for granted. I didn’t even really know what it was, other than a ubiquitous, delicious, spicy stew that was served in a bowl with tortillas on the side, over eggs, over a burrito, or countless other ways. The dish [...]
By Patrick on 1 October 2009
A couple Sundays ago (Sunday, September 13, to be precise), Holly and Anastasia and I got together with some of our friends and shared the work of processing and canning 130 pounds of gorgeous tomatoes.
Last year we started the tradition of an annual Tomato ExtravaCanza so that we could all put up enough tomatoes [...]