America's Test Kitchen's Crispy Lentil and Herb Salad
An intriguing salad from America’s Test Kitchen's The Complete Beans and Grains Cookbook. From ATK: "Many lentil salads are made with boiled lentils, but we decided to fry ours in this...
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Arnab Chakladar's Chickpea-Potato “Chaat”
We'll be enjoying this sweet, spicy, herby dish from Arnab Chakladar's blog My Annoying Opinions all summer long. From Arnab: "This has all the flavours of chaat—I put the word in quotes because...
Colu Henry's Chicories with Tuna, Beans, and Old-School Italian Dressing
Here is a colorful, hearty salad from cookbook author and food writer Colu Henry. She says, "I love this salad! It features the classic Italian combination of creamy white beans and...
Alexandra Stafford's Classic Chopped Salad
This salad from the cookbook Pizza Night, by Alexandra Stafford is nostalgic in the best way, reminiscent of an old-school pizzeria salad bar, but much better, especially if you use new-crop chickpeas cooked...
SHREDDED CABBAGE SALAD WITH LENTILS AND FETA
A current obsession of ours is Valbreso French sheep milk cheese (no, this is not a sponsored post!). Some fetas can be too salty and harsh, but this is the perfect...
SARAH SCOTT'S SUMMERY SUCCOTASH SALAD
All good Southerners love their Lima beans, and Chef Sarah Scott (@sarahscottchef) is no exception. She was excited to try out our new Green Baby Lima beans in a succotash salad,...
NOAH GALUTEN'S HIPPIE CALIFORNIA SALAD
We've been enjoying Noah Galuten's The Don’t Panic Pantry Cookbook: Mostly Vegetarian Comfort Food That Happens to Be Pretty Good for You and his very entertaining YouTube cooking show. Noah says: "This...
Alison Roman's Lemony White Beans With Anchovy and Parmesan
Alison Roman is a New York-based cook, writer, best-selling author, and owner of First Bloom, a corner store in Bloomville, New York. She is one of our favorite celebrity Bean Freaks (she was even...
Shared Culture's Summer Tomato, Bean, and Corn Salad with Miso Dressing
We love teaming up with like-minded food companies, and our partnership with Shared Cultures has been especially rewarding. They have been producing an incredible line-up of small-batch fermented food products, many of...
Oregano Chicken
You can make this marinade with Oregano Indio or Mexican oregano. It was inspired by a recipe by the late Diana Kennedy and I've since discovered, it's not an uncommon...
Garbanzo and Spinach Stew (Potaje de Garbanzos con Espincas)
This recipe was inspired by a more traditional version in the book Cocina de Andalucía: Spanish Recipes from the Land of a Thousand Landscapes by María José Sevilla (2024, Ryland...
Glen Ellen Star's Roasted Escarole and Pancetta Soup with White Beans
Since it was established in 2012, Glen Ellen Star has been a must-visit Sonoma County restaurant, renown for its wood-fired dishes including pizzas. The culinary team of chef and owner...
LEMONY BEAN & BRASSICA SOUP WITH NAPA CABBAGE & DILL
Diane Kochilas is a chef and award-winning author of numerous cookbooks, including a favorite of ours, called Ikaria: Lessons on Food, Life, and Longevity from the Island Where People Forget...
Creamy Lima Bean, Tomato, and Feta Soup
This soup was born of leftovers in a refrigerator. Beans, tomatoes, Valbreso French Sheep milk "feta", and an immersion blender. Our beans were well-seasoned and the salt content of feta...
Tunde Wey's Gbegiri (Nigerian Bean Soup)
Tunde Wey is a Nigerian artist, cook, and writer. He shared this soup recipe with us with the note: "It's not a traditional slurping soup in the American tradition but...
Gallina Pinta
A brothy hominy and bean stew, popular in the state of Sonora, in Northern Mexico. The name translates to "painted hen," most likely referring to the colorful ingredients. Pinto beans are...