pinto
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As a child in Northern California, he grew up eating tostadas with refried pinto beans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Melanie McFarland keeps leftover rice from Chinese or Indian takeout and uses it to make gallo pinto, a Costa Rican dish of spiced rice and beans that’s deeply comforting and endlessly customizable.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2025
Steven Ness, who grows pinto beans and pumpkins in central New Mexico, said the rising cost of irrigation as groundwater dwindles is an issue across the board for farmers in the region.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
Riding her pinto horse, Beauty, bareback provided her a temporary sense of escape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
Tayo felt like a little kid; he felt eight again, and Josiah was boosting him onto the back of Siow’s pinto.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
When he discovered black beans, he found them downright exotic—inky, fudgy, definitely not the same old pintos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Black beans bring a deeper, earthier tone; pintos are soft and nutty, more traditional.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
Hard to imagine in their tiny shells today, pintos can grow to the size of an adult’s hand.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
More recently, I’ve been making it with pintos instead.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2020
At another open window on the same side of the house, the one next to the sink where Hagar washed her hair and where Reba put pintos to soak, a woman’s face appeared.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
