Dear Culinary SOS: A group of us went to enjoy the draft beers on tap at Mediterraneo Restaurant & Bar in Hermosa Beach earlier this month and were transfixed by the wonderful spicy black bean hummus.
I absolutely adore beans. From the pintos, limas, garbanzos and brown lentils of my childhood to the cannellini, fava, red lentils and Peruvian beans I discovered once I was in charge of my own pantry ...