Beans from the Pot

One of the simplest dishes you can enjoy in Mexican culture is a warm bowl of beans, preferably topped with some queso fresco and accompanied with a spicy salsa and some warm corn tortillas. As the name implies, these beans are traditionally cooked in a large clay pot, called olla de barro, which is believed to give the beans a special flavor when cooked over an open fire. Sadly, the romantic image of beans boiling in a clay pot over a wood fire is hardly attainable in today’s modern