organic – Amy Cotler

Beer Braised Brisket with Onion Sauce

April 10, 2014 Comments Off

In this issue (in order) Brisket Recipe for Passover (or whenever!) Alternatives to Brisket from Roving Butcher Jake Levin. Sustainable Meat Primer — the works My Grandma Rose didn’t like to cook much, but she made a mean holiday brisket that’s better than it sounds — foil wrapped and braised tender with a package of […]

Rancho Orgánica excéntrico (y delicioso)

February 7, 2014 Comments Off

Rancho Toyan , right outside of San Miguel, Mexico,is primarily a vineyard. But Maya Lucus, of La Bodega Organica, drove me there to check out their Michoacán style 80 peso buffet ($6), prepared with food grown and raised on the ranch, as well as to shop at their staggeringly aesthetic organic market. Both held on […]

The Saturday Market

January 7, 2013 Comments Off

Everything I love and hate about the local food movement is rolled into this Saturday market here in San Miguel, Mexico. Joy — an organic market! When I first came to this town, 30 years ago, most of the food vendors where not producers, but middlemen, just as they used to be back home. So […]