Nabhan began researching the beans for a University of Arizona thesis. In the process, he ended up eating and selling them as a grad student to make ends meet. "Tepary beans are deeply part of ...

Shannon Reina stirs the brown tepary beans simmering in a slow cooker she brought from home to Salt River High School. For her, the nutty smell brings back memories of holiday gatherings — of ...

find out which restaurants in Arizona and beyond use them, and learn some amazing recipes: O'odham grits, blue-corn pancakes, yeast-less biscuits, and, yes, tepary bean brownies. Note No. 2 ...

These small, variegated and resilient bush beans, dried, are a staple for Tohono O’odham, Akimel O’odham and Pima Indians in Arizona and ... and heart disease. Tepary beans belong in everyone ...

"Never saw a tepary bean until I got here, and they became my favorite bean." The bean thrives on vines even in the hottest months, and packs more protein and other nutrients than its more common ...

Nabhan began researching the beans for a University of Arizona thesis. "There's a way, that I can't describe in words, where teparies to me taste like the desert itself," he says. "Tepary beans ...

Arizona farmer Terry Button grew up eating ... lima beans mixed with corn in succotash. "But we didn't have tepary beans," Button said. "Never saw a tepary bean until I got here, and they became ...