Remembering Judy Rodgers
Over the years, Nopa has been repeatedly asked (then declined) to do a cookbook. I remember one day asking Laurence this, “Why Nopa doesn’t...
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Harvest is Over! A Harvest Retrospective, Part 2 of 2
Yesterday, we shared an article by Debby Zygielbaum written just before this year’s harvest. Today, it’s “the after”, an euphoric exhale of the excellent...
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A Harvest Retrospective, Part 1 of 2
The 2013 harvest has come to an end, and finally, vintners, winemakers, and cellar rats have returned to some resemblance of normalcy. For this...
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Footsteps of a Farmer
The more I walk, the better I farm. Sun, rain, wind, cold, heat, whatever the weather, I walk to observe and to deepen my...
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Nopalito: Making Masa Part 2
Former Nopalito sous chef, Enrique Soriano demonstrates how we prepare the masa, a corn dough. Masa is the base for many of the dishes...
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Making Masa at Nopalito
Wondering what happened to all that Masa? See just a few of its applications in this video below.
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Blue Bottle Cocktail
After many years of queries, we’re excited to FINALLY share with you all what is perhaps the signature Nopa cocktail, our Blue Bottle Cocktail,...
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Chronicles of a Dirt Farmer: Flying Lessons
I keep chatting cheerily, trying to pretend that watching a falcon rip the head off a dead baby chick is nothing shocking or new...
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Building a Bakery From Scratch: Part 3 of 3
This is the third and final installment of a three-part interview series with former Nopa pastry chef Amy Brown {read first and second installment...
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Meet James and Caitlin Freeman, Founders of Blue Bottle
Today, we share part of that conversation and bring you all along for coffee with precisely the type of couple you’d like to have...
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