I’ve got a wonderful word for you – péchita. That’s the purely regional name for mesquite beans, and it comes from the Opata language. In Texas or New Mexico they ...

Barbara Rose, owner of Bean Tree Farm, harvests mesquite-bean pods as she prepares for a demonstration at the 15th annual Mesquite Milling and Fiesta. She’s been harvesting from the same velvet ...

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The base of the Rain Daisy is also a sweet nod to the community's roots. It's something you can even use to make pastries. Hoffman starts the recipe with 3/4 ounces of mesquite bean syrup.

Made from ground mesquite pods—Burlap & Barrel sources theirs from Argentina, where the hot, harsh summer ironically results in the richest tasting mesquite beans—the powder adds a whiff of ...

For a 16-ounce can of beans, just ¼ of a tablespoon of liquid smoke is enough to give you a ton of depth. Remember, liquid ...