tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35003089653340149742011-04-21T15:00:26.251-07:00Heirloom Beans"Diva"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16269782624708625135noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500308965334014974.post-76760565211358730572009-04-03T16:24:00.001-07:002009-04-04T05:35:25.381-07:00Gifts from the New World- IACP notesBeans are one of the oldest cultivated crops. They have wonderful flavors and textures and pack a nutritional wallop. Compared to most crops, they have relatively few enemies and require minimum care. The harvested plants and pods go right back into the soil as "green manure."<br />They're lovely to look at and yet in many cultures they've been reserved as food fit for only economically depressed- until now.<br /><br /><a href="http://ranchogordo.typepad.com/rancho_gordo_experiments_/"><br />Steve Sando - Rancho Gordo, Napa Valley</a><br /><a href="http://www.ruthincondechi.blogspot.com/">Ruth Alegria- Mexico Soul and Essence, Mexico</a><br /><a href="http://www.divinacucina.blogspot.com/">Judy Witts- Divina Cucina, Italy</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Steve Sando's slide show<br /><br /><p style="visibility: visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widget-66.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" style="width: 426px; height: 320px;" height="320" width="426"><param name="movie" value="http://widget-66.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="salign" value="l"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="flashvars" value="cy=ms&il=1&channel=2233785415199417958&site=widget-66.slide.com"></object></p><p style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=2233785415199417958&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-66.slide.com/p1/2233785415199417958/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=2233785415199417958&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-66.slide.com/p2/2233785415199417958/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=2233785415199417958&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-66.slide.com/p4/2233785415199417958/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><br /><br /><br />Ruth's slide show<br /><br /><p style="visibility: visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widget-92.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" style="width: 426px; height: 320px;" height="320" width="426"><param name="movie" value="http://widget-92.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="salign" value="l"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="flashvars" value="cy=ms&il=1&channel=3458764513834804626&site=widget-92.slide.com"></object></p><p style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=3458764513834804626&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-92.slide.com/p1/3458764513834804626/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=3458764513834804626&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-92.slide.com/p2/3458764513834804626/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=3458764513834804626&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-92.slide.com/p4/3458764513834804626/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><br /><br /><br />Judy Witts' slide show<br /><br /><p style="visibility: visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widget-3a.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" style="width: 426px; height: 320px;" height="320" width="426"><param name="movie" value="http://widget-3a.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="salign" value="l"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="flashvars" value="cy=ms&il=1&channel=2233785415199417658&site=widget-3a.slide.com"></object></p><p style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=2233785415199417658&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-3a.slide.com/p1/2233785415199417658/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=2233785415199417658&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-3a.slide.com/p2/2233785415199417658/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=ms&at=un&id=2233785415199417658&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-3a.slide.com/p4/2233785415199417658/ms_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" ismap="ismap" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theamericanmag.com/article_print.php?article=1858&show_images=1"><br />The American Magazine article on beans, by Judy Witts</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3500308965334014974-7676056521135873057?l=heirloombeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>"Diva"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16269782624708625135noreply@blogger.com0