Working with farmers from Central California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, and Mexico, Napa-based Rancho Gordo is resurrecting long-forgotten beans and bringing them back to the American table. “If ...

Rancho Gordo beans have always been cool. Thomas Keller was one of the first chefs to pick them up at the farmers market, with many restaurants following over the years. The Napa-based company helped ...

“Beaniacs” and “leguminati” flock to this club that offers heirloom beans and delicious recipes. Rancho Gordo founder Steve Sando said people always ask him what his favorite bean is, which, to ...

Here’s one thing you won’t find in Steve Sando’s pantry: canned beans. Sando, the founder of Rancho Gordo, a renowned purveyor of heirloom beans that are sold in some stores but also online, has no ...

NAPA, Calif. (KGO) -- Among the foods trending recently in California are, beans. We're not talking about the kind you find in a can, these are heirloom beans. More chefs are adding all types of beans ...

Eighteen years ago, bean purveyor Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo harvested his first heirloom bean – Rio Zape. “They were pretty and easy to grow but I had no idea what to expect when I cooked them, says ...

"Bean tourism" may not sound pretty, but that's precisely what a trip to Napa's Rancho Gordo specialty food shop is all about. The modest storefront/warehouse, tucked away in an industrial part of ...

After founding Rancho Gordo Beans 17 years ago, Steve Sando has made a name for himself in the culinary world as the ultimate “bean guy.” From the New Yorker to Saveur magazine, the 58-year-old Napa ...

Sexy and bold looking beans from Rancho Gordo: these aren’t your granny’s beans! Bay Area native Steve Sando brings a touch of glamour to his indigenous “New World” heirloom bean company, which was ...

Steve Sando has a new recipe for success: one part beans, one part nostalgia and a long-empty Napa landmark ready for a fresh start. Sando on Wednesday signed the papers — “under the $2.2 million ...