Month: August 2010
Green beans: vegetables on the outside, legumes on the inside
August 5, 2010 Cinzia Cuneo No Comments
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on August 9, 2008. Wax beans or green beans that can be eaten whole (pod and seed) are consumed as vegetables, but they contain more proteins than most other vegetables, and they are also rich in vitamins and minerals.
All About Pesto
August 2, 2010 Cinzia Cuneo No Comments
For a Northern Italian like me, Pesto is serious business. Did you know that the original version, known as ‘Pesto alla Genovese’, is in the process of obtaining a Protected Designation of Origin by the European Union?