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Meat/Un-Meat: Cook Heirloom Beans Tonight!

Whether you eat meat or not, heirloom beans are one thing we should all be able to agree on. Heirloom beans, thanks in part to the phenomenally popular beans of Rancho Gordo, have seen an enormous ren...

Recipe: Florida Butter Beans with Caramelized Onions and Bacon

We have one last recipe for you from the Rancho Gordo cookbook, Heirloom Beans (reviewed here). This one didn't have an accompanying photo in the book, and we really wanted to try it ourselves. So we ...

Recipe: Italian Marrow Beans with Tuna

We promised you three recipes from Steve Sando's great new cookbook: Heirloom Beans. We love this bright book and all the delicious and practical recipes inside. This recipe is a great example of thos...

Recipe: Borlotti Beans in Tomato Sauce with Creamy Polenta

We promised you three recipes from Heirloom Beans, the new book by Rancho Gordo Steve Sando. First up is also the first recipe we bookmarked to try from this wonderful cookbook: a stew of soft, creamy...

Heirloom Beans by Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo
Book Review 2009

When we heard that Rancho Gordo was going to put out their very own cookbook, we were excited. Rancho Gordo singlehandedly changed the way we think about beans. Legumes went from mushy meal fill-ins t...

January: Eating Light

The excess of the holidays is past, and we're looking forward to lighter, healthier cooking this month at The Kitchn. We are going to focus (mostly!) on eating light this month. What does that mean? ...

How to Cook Beans

Beans are an overlooked, sadly underused kitchen staple. The first time we tried Rancho Gordo beans we were stunned then seduced by the rich, smoky depths of flavor in a simple pot of beans. Our rec...

Weekend Eating: Back to Whole Grains & Vegetables We Go

OK - that's it. Valentine's Day is over, along with Baking Week, Chocolate Week and every other excuse to bake cookies or eat sugar for breakfast. We're cooking healthy from now on - or at least til...