I attended an event in Mexico City for a new chapter of Slow Food. I went for the beans!
If you look, you'll see a lot of "celebrities" from the food scene in the nation's capitol. Again, I went for the beans. But I did manage to swoon a little in meeting one of my heroes, Patricia Quintana.
A Day at Xochimilco from Steve Sando on Vimeo.
Hi Steve,
Sorry for the non-sequitur post — I can’t figure out how to contact you otherwise…
I am growing my own dried beans from SSE in the Bay Area (Berkeley). They are mature (big beans inside green pods) now, and I’m wondering whether you can give some advice about how to proceed from here. Should I let them dry on the vine? How much should I be watering them?
Thanks so much — your beans are wonderful!
Fab music, I want my own copy!
The godmother of Mexico City’s culinary scene Alicia Gironella De’Angeli, with Margarita Carrillo de Salinas and Jose Luis Eng in the opening shot was pretty great and then there was MORE!
I’m jealous.
Erin, we cut them at the base and leave them to dry in the fields. When the pods are brittle, the beans are ready to harvest.
Ruth, Xochimilco is such an amazing place, as you know, since I went there the first time with you! The secret is to use the other embarcadero, not the stinky one.