The poor pinto doesn’t get the respect it deserves. With all of its glamorous cousins hanging around, it’s hard to grab a little of the spotlight, until someone wisely cooks them up. If you’ve been served supermarket pintos all your life, you are in for a pleasant surprise. Pintos can be great! Especially when they’re as fresh as ours.

You can use them in all kinds of Latin and Mexican cooking, from pot beans to refried beans. Our local Black Muslim Bakery used to make a mean Pinto Bean Pie and that sounds pretty good about now.