pinto
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They bring back containers full of everything from pinto beans to home remodeling products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
As a child in Northern California, he grew up eating tostadas with refried pinto beans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Melanie McFarland keeps leftover rice from Chinese or Indian takeout and uses it to make gallo pinto, a Costa Rican dish of spiced rice and beans that’s deeply comforting and endlessly customizable.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2025
Steven Ness, who grows pinto beans and pumpkins in central New Mexico, said the rising cost of irrigation as groundwater dwindles is an issue across the board for farmers in the region.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
I get sacco beans, which are pinto beans marinated in oil and vinegar and crushed red pepper.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
When he discovered black beans, he found them downright exotic—inky, fudgy, definitely not the same old pintos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Black beans bring a deeper, earthier tone; pintos are soft and nutty, more traditional.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
Any white bean you’d like, or even pintos or chickpeas.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2020
“Dry beans — navies, pintos — are going to be affected to a degree. Canola, that production is going to be cut, and that’s going to have an effect on vegetable oil.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2017
At another open window on the same side of the house, the one next to the sink where Hagar washed her hair and where Reba put pintos to soak, a woman’s face appeared.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
