Susan: This book, despite its title, is not a vegetarian cookbook. There are a selection of meat recipes also. It IS, however, a very interesting and well-illustrated story of its title, heirloom beans, and the author's farm, Rancho Gordo. The author truly respects and is avidly interested in the concept of heirloom crops as they are specifically represented by beans in his home in the west. It would be so nice if more people were this interested in historical and heirloom plants of their region! This book was quite informative, and the recipes were quite nice -- I think many could be made vegetarian. I was impressed with the author's knowledge and obvious enthusiasm for his subject!
Note: I was thinking specifically of Steve Sando in relation to this book, but Vanessa Barrington was his co-author. My apologies!
United States on Aug 21, 2023
Kali: I'm not much on beans...well I wasn't once anyway! I collect cookbooks and the print version of this book was a gift some time ago, but honestly I loved it so much I bought the kindle version as well. This isn't something I normally do, just with books that I want to ensure I have everywhere I go! (proud bibliophile)
So with my nerdiness out of the way here's the info you might actually want to know:
The recipes really are top notch, from simple to fab. My favorite part? The instructions are clear and simple but don't make you feel clueless. The care and testing of the recipes is very evident. Huge bonus to me being that the kindle version is well organized and still as much fun to flip through!
Canada on Nov 02, 2020
M. JEFFREY MCMAHON: Heirloom Beans by Steven Sando, the founder of Rancho Gordo, a food company, and food writer Vanessa Barrington, is on a mission to make beans--especially heirloom beans--cool in America. This is not an easy task, the authors point out, in spite of the fact that beans have been a heralded staple internationally. For some reason, Americans embrace the less nutritive and complex tasting corn but eschew beans.
Sadly, Americans shy away from beans as beans are synonymous with the embarrassing digestive fiascos (perhaps Blazing Saddles did more than any cultural event to demonize beans). But Steve Sando has a solution: Eat lots of beans all the time and your digestive system will adapt. Sando is not pushing beans because they are rich in nutrients and fiber. He is not pushing beans because since eating them daily his good cholesterol has gone up and his bad cholesterol has gone down. He is pushing beans because they are an amazing side dish or main entrée. I knew this from watching Mario Batali on the television make mouth-watering Italian-style fava beans, but in Heirloom Beans, you learn how to prepare appetizers, snacks, soups, stews, chilies, salads, side dishes, main...
United States on Apr 26, 2009
Joseph Adler: I first discovered Rancho Gordo a couple of years ago at the San Francisco Ferry Terminal Market. I'd gotten bored with vendor after vendor selling heirloom tomatoes, tree-ripened fruit, and wild greens. I love all those things, but I needed a source of protein. And then I spotted the Rancho Gordo booth. Rancho Gordo's booth had dozens of varieties of beans: black midnight beans, anasazi beans, eye of the goat, and many more. I took a chance on a few pounds of heirloom beans. The beans were delicious, but I couldn't figure out what to do with them except cooking them with a bay leaf and a little mirepoix. This works really well for black beans, but doesn't seem to be the best choice for chestnut limas. And that's what excited me about this book.
Heirloom Beans is a pretty, well produced cookbook about beans. It contains basic information about dozens of varieties of beans (though it omits a few popular varieties of heirlooms like pebble beans), and has many recipes that show off the properties of each variety. Most (I would guess three quarters) of the recipes in this book are Mexican, Southwestern, or South American. The remainder are Italian, French, and...
United States on Oct 01, 2008
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| Total Reviews | 13 reviews | 248 reviews | 247 reviews |
| Publisher | Chronicle Books; 1st edition | Sasquatch Books; Illustrated edition | Page Street Publishing; 1st edition |
| ISBN-10 | 0811860698 | 1632173077 | 1645671585 |
| Item Weight | 1.52 pounds | 2.6 pounds | 1.02 pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.88 x 0.59 x 8 inches | 8.3 x 1.1 x 10.8 inches | 7.76 x 0.41 x 9.02 inches |
| Language | English | English | English |
| Paperback | 180 pages | 168 pages | |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6/5 stars of 408 ratings | 4.9/5 stars of 1,216 ratings | 4.7/5 stars of 713 ratings |
| Best Sellers Rank | #16 in High Protein Diets#59 in Vegetable Cooking | #62 in Western U.S. Cooking, Food & Wine#232 in Meat Cooking#377 in Comfort Food Cooking | #300 in Ketogenic Cookbooks #317 in Low Carb Diets #873 in Low Carbohydrate Diets |
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| Reading age | 13 years and up | ||
| ISBN-13 | 978-0811860697 | 978-1632173072 | 978-1645671589 |
| Grade level | 8 and up | ||
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United States on Nov 02, 2023