We are thankful for beans!

Happy Thanksgiving! I love Thanksgiving! It’s a holiday centered around food and family, my two favorite things. When I was a child, the only time we ever had turkey for dinner was on this holiday — and it was always special. Our family would gather at our house or one of my aunt’s houses. The […]

Meet the Bean Pie Guy!

Alfred Ra’oof At the annual Tracy Dry Bean Festival last September the California Dry Bean Advisory Board booth was next to Ra’oofs San Jose Bean Pies in the Bean Pavilion. Our own Ali Cox was intrigued by this notion of bean pies and asked if I would do a Q & A with Alfred Ra’oof, […]