From the category archives:

Beans

Cooking Fava Beans in a Flash

April 19, 2010
Fava Bean Recipe

Fava Bean Recipe: The quickest, easiest way to cook garlicky, salty, smoky fava beans without using your backyard grill.

30 comments Click to read more...

Bottarga Bread Salad for my Birthday

March 8, 2010
Bottarga Bread Salad

A crunchy sweet batard, torn, toasted and tossed with olive oil, pan-roasted butter beans, thinly sliced celery and spicy arugula. Topped with caper vinaigrette and dusted with briny bottarga.

24 comments Click to read more...

All day Cassoulet

January 18, 2010
Cassoulet recipe

A rich, hearty stew of pork, beans and duck. Eat cassoulet on cold winter days to warm your soul, or make it for a feast to share with friends.

25 comments Click to read more...

Crostini with Fava Beans, Roasted Garlic Creme Fraiche and Mushroom Oil

August 11, 2009
Thumbnail image for Crostini with Fava Beans, Roasted Garlic Creme Fraiche and Mushroom Oil

Fava Beans and Café Dreams: Cloudless skies and sun-ripened fruit were not our only motivations for moving to Berkeley. Topping our list was a dream to open a little café, where I would cook simple, beautiful food and Alejandro would woo the guests with his charming ways. We’d have a garden out back, a patio [...]

19 comments Click to read more...

Italian String Beans with Anchovies and Breadcrumbs

May 13, 2009

Wait! Keep reading – don’t turn away just because I said the “A” word. Why is everyone so afraid of anchovies? Why do anchovy virgins cringe at the very sight of them? If I can convince just one reader to give these little fish a fair chance, I will have accomplished my good deed for [...]

21 comments Click to read more...

Thyme-buttered gnocchi with fava beans, walnuts and prosciutto

May 10, 2009

Doesn’t this look like a dish that would please any mother? For this month’s Paper Chef contest, the ingredients were floury potatoes, thyme, and prosciutto, with the theme being Mother’s Day. As soon as I saw this list, I had visions of fluffy gnocchi floating around in a buttery springtime sauce. After all, there’s no [...]

14 comments Click to read more...

Spring Cannellini Soup with Romano Croutons

March 16, 2009

If you have yet to try any of my recipes, I urge you to start here. I didn’t have a set plan when I started cooking, but this turned out to be one of the best soups I have ever crafted. It was a gray, rainy Sunday in Berkeley, but the farmers’ market had vibrant [...]

0 comments Click to read more...

Roasted Asparagus Salad with White Beans & Arugula

February 27, 2009

While the asparagus season here in Berkeley has not yet begun – and I know I should wait until I can get it locally – you can find it at Berkeley Bowl almost all year round. These pencil asparagus are from Mexico, but again, it’s been a while and I’ve been missing the distinct grassy [...]

1 comment Click to read more...