*****Addendum for 2014: This year the Santa Monica roast is on August 30th. **** Hatch Chile Season is here! You can join in on the fun at the following Hatch Chile Roast: Bristol Farms 3105 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90403 Saturday, August 24th Roast: 8am – 2pm Live radio broadcast with Chef Jet Tila: […]
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How to Roast Hatch Chiles in The Oven
Hatch Chile season has arrived! Fortunately, I know how to roast Hatch chiles in the oven, so I can store them to use all year long.
Red Muscato, Black Muscato & Champagne Grapes
Summer Grapes Hooray for grapes! I look forward to grape season each summer. When I was growing up, the choices for grapes were limited to purple grapes with big seeds or green grapes without. I typically chose the green just so I wouldn’t have to bother with seeds. Red Moscato, Black Moscato and Champagne […]
Southern California Gelson’s Hatch Chile Roasting Schedule
******Click HERE for the 2015 schedule****** The schedule below is from 2013.
Melissa’s Hatch Chile Cookbook Launch
Hatch Chile season is almost here! We can enjoy them fresh for a few weeks every year and then dried and frozen the rest of the time. These versatile chiles from Hatch, New Mexico are full of chile flavor and very unique. With other chiles, the heat level is relatively constant. Ghost Peppers and Scotch […]




