How the Dunes Were Formed
Thousands of years ago, a large plate in the Earth’s surface shifted. This rift created the San Luis Valley in Colorado, a valley roughly the size of Connecticut. As the...
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Bugs, Biodiversity, and Big Ranches
Over the last few years, Chico Basin Ranch has partnered with the Mile High Bug Club (Pikes Peak Region chapter) to make a casual assessment of the diversity of insects,...
Making the Right Thing Easy
“It’s about making the wrong thing difficult, and the right thing easy.” Most people who’ve spent time around horses will recognize this saying, but after a lifetime of riding horses,...
Self Selection
I was first introduced to the term “self-selection” in a barefoot trimming clinic in Australia about a year ago. The couple that were hosting the clinic, a trimmer and a...
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
The addition of rice flour to the dredge in this recipe creates a nice crisp double dredged breading.
Our Summer Reading List
From epic novels about the “old West” to meditations on the natural world and humanity’s place in it, from horsemanship instructionals to our favorite cookbooks, a (non-comprehensive) list of titles...
Rhubarb Compote Ice Cream
We have a wild rhubarb plant growing behind an old building at Zapata, so last week I harvested some of the rhubarb and made a simple compote that goes great...
Duke Jr.
Someone once called my father a rugged individualist, which, as I look back, comes pretty close.
Harper’s Berry Muffins
These muffins work well with any type of juicy berries. The muffins look very impressive if you use a jumbo […]
Salty Flatbread
This is the easiest and most versatile dough we work with at Zapata. We usually keep a batch of this […]
Caramelized Onion Tart
This onion tart is made up of two versatile parts, both of which can be adapted for many other uses.
The Cottonwood
In the words of Willa Cather–at Ranchlands, we feel like the cottonwood is “bound up with our lives”.
Zahav Hummus
This hummus recipe is slightly modified from the incredibly popular Zahav cookbook by Michael Solomnov.
Ruth Rees Phillips
Ruth Rees Phillips was my mother. She was raised in San Antonio, Texas, where she met and married my father Duke Phillips II and began a ranching career that led...
Urban Gardening
Living in New York City has amazing cultural advantages, but having outdoor garden space is extremely rare. In the 14 years we’ve lived here we’ve figured out creative hacks for...
Classic Cornbread
Anyone familiar with cornbread seems to have a preferred version, usually derived from the region they’re from or the type they grew up eating. This version seems to be a...
A Charred Salsa Recipe
This salsa can be made two ways. One version is chunkier and only uses six ingredients. The second version is smoother, spicier, uses sevenish ingredients, and takes a few more...
