Heirloom tomatoes had their moment, so now it’s the beans’ turn. The food: What makes a food heirloom? It’s the history behind the plant; heirloom varieties come from seeds that have been passed down ...

Working with farmers from Central California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, and Mexico, Napa-based Rancho Gordo is resurrecting long-forgotten beans and bringing them back to the American table. “If ...

Dear Lynne: In a gift shop I found heirloom beans called Jacob's Cattle Beans. I cooked them, liked them, but now about four cups are left in the refrigerator. Any thoughts for a main-dish salad? It's ...

Six years ago, Steve Sando was scrolling through mail orders at his specialty-food company, Rancho Gordo, when he spotted one that stopped him short. He fulfilled the order — for several pounds of ...

NAPA, Calif. (KGO) -- Among the foods trending recently in California are, beans. We're not talking about the kind you find in a can, these are heirloom beans. More chefs are adding all types of beans ...

As bacon gives over its 15 minutes of fame to the Next Big Thing in food, waiting in the wings are heirloom beans and ancient grains, the humblest of peasant foods ready for their moment in the ...

They’ve produced every year. Whether the season sees droughts, floods or May ice storms, the heirloom Anasazi bean plants invariably creep four or five feet up their trellises, blooming with bright ...

Stroll through the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings, and you'll inevitably see a crowd of people running their fingers through a tub of dried beans at the Rancho Gordo stand. It's just ...

A worker tends the beans growing at Rio del Rey Heirloom Beans in northern San Diego County. (photo: Mike Reeske) Funding from the USDA Organic Research and Education Initiative and Western SARE ...

Left: The author's Granny Ruby Haynes Caudill, 97, was a postmistress and seamstress. She passed on the bean seed and the stories that went with them. Right: Katharine Campbell Haynes and William ...

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