Tag Archives: beans

september garden

September: Pick Now!

So, I stand with one foot in each season, my well-worn flip flops and a bowl of salsa in one hand and my new stacked heeled boots and kabocha squash soup in the other.

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Val’s Bean Dip

This bean dip recipe is basically my variation of refried beans — it makes good use of whatever beans we have left over from the night before, and it’s delicious!

platter of beans and dip

Farmers Market Find: Dragon Tongue Beans

I wait for these beans every year to add their crazy color and awesome crunch to my early summer veggie platters. This year, back in March, I decided to plant some myself.

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Santa Barbara-Style Black-Eyed Peas

I always make black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day. The lore is that eating these beans on the first day of January will bring a year filled with luck and prosperity. Who couldn’t use a little bit of that these days? This dish is total comfort food, as in comfort for the inebriated daze that […]

Rancho Gordo beans cooking

Steve Sando, New World Bean Guru

Heirloom beans taste far, far better than the rest of the beans out there. I know, I know, how much difference can there be from one dried bean to another, right? Place an order and try for yourself, then write me a little thank you note.