Further Experiments with Beans on Toast
This is more of a suggestion than a recipe. Did you make the Heirloom Flageolet Bean salad yet? Have some leftovers? Make sure the salad is at room temperature....
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Heirloom Flageolet Bean Salad with Roasted Peppers and Capers
There is no shame in accepting a little help now and again. For me lately, this means indulging in jars of roasted red pepper. In the summer, when bell peppers...
An Easy, Delicious Recipe: Flageolet in Tomato Sauce
I am in love with Flageolet. The French bred them from New World bean stock and they did a bang up job by all accounts. I remember at first thinking...
Jolie Vue Farms Cassoulet
Jennifer, our Queen of Customer Service, started a conversation with customer Glen Boudreaux about cassoulet and I wanted to share it with you. Cassoulet is one of the those things...
The True and Glorious Story of a Single Pot of Rancho Gordo Garbanzo Beans
A friend was asking about a recipe that called for a cup of cooked beans and wanted to know how much she should cook to yield a cup. My feeling...
Planning and Indulging My Garden for Spring with Native Seeds/SEARCH
When I first started gardening, I focused almost exclusively on New World vegetables. I loved that more interesting vegetables from Europe were coming into vogue, like having three or four...
Food Costs Too Darn Much! Medicine Costs Even More and There Is No Pleasure Involved
Twitter is fun. It's also painful. Mario Batali doesn't back down from fights, even though sometimes I think it feeds the trolls by responding them. I think he's a great...
Baseball's Opening Day is April 2: Be Prepared with Rio Zape-Felicidad Bean Dip
The only thing greater than my love of food is my passion for sports. No. That's a lie. But I do get a kick out of everyone else yelling at...
Louisiana Red Beans and Rice from a Vegetarian Perspective
I get a lot of really nice emails. Thomas Leming wrote as a native about his experiences with classic Red Beans and Rice and I just had to share his...
Paula Wolfert's Unforgettable Sandpot Mushrooms
I am totally enamored with Emily Thelin's new biography of Paula Wolfert, Unforgettable. I don't know how it's possible that the major publishing houses had no interest in this book...
Add This To My Obsession List: New Orleans Red Beans and Rice
It’s easy to get obsessed about New Orleans Red Beans and Rice. It’s a delicious dish with a mythic story. I’ve had many great versions, and even more bad ones....
Our San Francisco Store is Closing
It's with very mixed emotions that I have to announce the closing of our San Francisco store in the Ferry Building Marketplace. It's been an incredible experience and I wouldn't...