A vision in glass and concrete, the building has a rough and ready appearance reminiscent of many startup hubs and is dotted with pitching spaces, meeting rooms, media areas and, of course, bean bags.
Peering through the window I can see an Aladdin's Cave of bean-related goodies: hot sauces, seasonings, big sacks of dried black, bolita and, of course, pinto beans.
Also look for PFs, or pratos feitos, homey set plates of a main course, rice, beans and juice for under 12 reais, or the slightly pricier and fancier pratos executivos or executive plates.
Mesquite, the tree that Texans and others consider fodder for charcoal, is actually a legume — which, by extension, means it's a plant that produces seed pods, filled, of course, with beans.
The good wife must be able to plan a dinner menu: First Course: Shelled beans, cinnamon soup, black hare stew, a green eel soup, smoked herring, joints of meat, turnips, tench with sops, salted geese and pork chines, beef marrow rissoles, hastelets of beef…of pork ut prima.
Including, of course, Mr Bean.
Piazza, of course, was beaned by Roger Clemens in July, the month in which the Mets began their streak of 25 victories in 34 games.
Of course most bean-curd does have a flavour, and that flavour varies from one variety to another, but we are still talking subtle here.
French children could sit calmly through a three-course meal; Bean was throwing food by the time the apéritifs arrived.
Of course, rice and beans are served across Latin America, in different variations, with different beans, for different reasons.
