Heading several miles east from the Silverado Trail in Napa Valley on a sunny afternoon, we found ourselves miles from the upscale restaurants of Yountville but closer to the true regional cooking of ...

It was a dark and stormy night when I first encountered what has become one of my favorite beans, the Peruano, the most popular bean in Michoacan, Mexico. It is a white, creamy bean with a hint of ...

I absolutely adore beans. From the pintos, limas, garbanzos and brown lentils of my childhood to the cannellini, fava, red lentils and Peruvian beans I discovered once I was in charge of my own pantry ...

I've been thinking about beans and rice a lot lately, and it's only partly because I wrote a book about the former. I've been thinking about how the combination got me through some of my poorest years ...

Latin American food gets a bad rap from people who think it’s unhealthy. But nothing could be farther from the truth! Our traditional dishes are full of healthy ingredients prepared with love. Let’s ...