Mesquite flour is a “mystery substance,” said Charles Perry in the Los Angeles Times. On the market only since 1990, the spice is made from the finely ground seed pods of the mesquite tree. Mesquite ...

When the word "mesquite" appears in an article about food, the mind jumps immediately to the smoky flavors of the grill. But mesquite flour, made from the seedpods of the mesquite tree, tastes nothing ...

Mesquite flour has been on the American market since around 1990, mostly used in baked goods — muffins, pancakes, cookies — and mostly confined to the special-diet ghetto. It happens to provide both ...

Each summer, Dana Helfer of Tucson collects the long, yellowish string-bean-like pods produced by mesquite trees on her property and around her neighborhood. And each fall, she has the sweet-tasting ...

IT had a beautiful aroma. There was something roasted, like coffee or chocolate, then a stronger smell suggesting some fruit (perhaps dried cherries -- or was that coconut?) together with a note of ...

It had a beautiful aroma. There was something roasted, like coffee or chocolate, then a stronger smell suggesting some fruit (perhaps dried cherries -- or was that coconut?) together with a note of ...

This is the second in the Star’s series about some of the tortilla makers in the Old Pueblo. Esperanza Arevalo wakes up at 3 a.m. every day to make tortillas. She sometimes receives help from her ...

A 5 gallon bucket of mesquite pods will yield 1 gallon of mesquite flour. Because it has no gluten, the flour should be mixed with standard flour in recipes. For example, says Schwemm, in a recipe ...

Mesquite is mostly thought of as a shrubby, weedy tree that dots landscapes throughout the drier regions of the state, needing very little water or care to thrive. While some have come to value the ...

"I couldn’t figure it out. Was the added flavor in the terroir of the mesquite she now used, the mix of flours and oils, or her hands? Those hands. Hands that made little circular miracles out of a ...

If your mother ever told you not to throw away food, you might want to reconsider how you're treating mesquite pods. About a dozen participants gathered at Agua Caliente Park Saturday to learn more ...

They don’t grow mesquite in Italy, but maybe they should. Chef Gio Osso’s family hails from southern Italy, parts of which have more in common with our arid, desert climate than some might guess. But ...