These beans are important food plants in India, Africa, and Central and South America, with hummus (or hummous) and falafel (or felafel) being two well-known garbanzo dishes.
"For our American clients," the menu says "rocket is arugula, aubergine is eggplant, courgette is zucchini, shallots are not green onions, chickpeas are garbanzo beans".
At the Black Ant, in the East Village, the house guacamole varies; it has been studded with garbanzo beans, fried corn, orange slices, jicama, radishes, and even cheese.
Ralph Nader was watching her, standing in a corner eating garbanzo beans with a plastic fork.
Sugar Rush Jollibee's halo-halo has mung, garbanzo and white beans, plus shaved ice, coconut, evaporated milk, colored gelatin, jackfruit, sweet banana, two flavors of ice cream and caramel flan.
It sells for $270 and consists of 40 days' worth of vacuum-packed organic food, including five pounds of rolled oats, four pounds of millet, three pounds of garbanzo beans and so on.
WHAT WE LIKE Roasted eggplant, garbanzo bean dip, grilled haloumi, romaine salad, orange salad, ancient grain risotto, "red" onion rings; lamb stew, chicken pastilla; roasted cauliflower; orange-scented ricotta, cookie plate, lemon sorbet.
Planning for the day begins the previous night, after the group shares a communal dinner that can be surprisingly tasty, like the curried garbanzo beans cooked by Mr. Staton, or simply a surprise, like the vegetarian lasagna that arrived unexpectedly on a recent Wednesday, donated by a church in Tucson.
The day before I did a little planning by starting "24-Hour Bread" and taking some garbanzo beans out of the freezer from a previous cooking.
This colorful spot would become our regular evening haven, where the catch of the day never disappointed, nor did the garbanzo stew.
The menu changes with the harvest and includes artfully executed dishes like local king salmon with garbanzo beans, eggplant relish and arugula pesto ($20), and pizza with lamb sausage, Padrón peppers, Manchego cheese and picholine olives ($16) and crispy lamb tongue with lentils and fingerling potatoes ($17).
