He talked about how, looking at a first sonogram of his daughter, he was thrilled by the beating heart in the tiny "bean" on the image, so much that he and his wife still call that child "Bean".
Leaving tiny bean-sized pieces of butter will create pockets of buttery, flaky goodness in the finished biscuits.
All four of these platters from the pit, as well as a super sampler for two ($24.95), are escorted by fresh, broadly cut homemade coleslaw, molasses-laced bowls of tiny baked beans that even bean haters enjoyed and tangy tomato-based sauce that's lively but not hot or thick.
Home cooks can find tiny fava beans in farmers' markets for the next month or so.
At its side, however, were 10 tiny green beans — maybe four bites.
Even the revuelto — the standby of scrambled eggs usually mixed with mushrooms or ham — turns exciting when it contains creamy sea urchins and tiny fava beans.
The regular menu, which is seasonal, offers tiny broad beans with ham, Catalonian black sausage, monkfish with caramelized onions, clams and langoustines.
A big box of asparagus, the first grass-green taste of the feast to come, harbinger of ripe tomatoes and tiny broad beans, courgette flowers and fragrant berries; to me, it seems a minor miracle.
A main course like bright and garlicky roasted pork Havana, with an equally bright salsa of tiny black beans and a stack of grits, is a knowing take on lechon asado, the ubiquitous roasted pork dish of Cuban Miami.
