"garbanzo beans" news and stories

• Making your own Pop-Tarts is easy as pie. (Easy as tart?)
• Be it over so humble, the garbanzo bean is a big deal in Spain.
• Ben Bailly, new chef at Culver City's Fraîche, seems "a little lost."
• Not a Brussels sprout fan? Wait till you try these babies.

I eat a lot of hummus during the summer, usually with pita chips and veggies. I often put it out when friends are coming over or serve it as an hors d'oeuvre at a party. Once fall comes around, hummus seems a little out of season, just because I'm so used to eating it straight from the fridge on hot days. To make it a little bit more seasonally appropriate, I put together a hybrid hummus of garbanzo beans and pumpkin puree. It is smooth and has a hint of fall from the squash, although the pumpkin flavor is not dominant at all. The hummus comes together in a few minutes and uses ingredients you probably already have on hand. It goes well with tortilla chips, pitas and just about anything else you might want to have hummus with.