Mesquite: It's More Than Barbecue Wood, It's A Tree With Magic Beans : The Salt When an Austin neuroscientist-turned-baker dove deeply into a box of Peruvian mesquite flour on a lark, he found a ...

These Smoked Loaded Baked Beans that I made in a Cast Iron Dutch Oven on my Pitboss smoker turned out AMAZING!! Now a fr ...

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 ...

As livestock munch on mesquite beans, they are apt to trample on some trees, especially younger ones, which triggers a survival response from the mesquite.

Mesquite is unlike a bean, more like a sweetener. “For us, it’s something sweet that tastes like dulce de leche or caramel,” Ruiz says.

The flavors of mesquite flour and prickly-pear juice, hands-on nature activities for children and the rumble of the famous mesquite bean hammermill doing its grinding job are headliners at Oracle ...

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.

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 smoke can be incredibly potent, and less is always more when using it!