In the summer of 2011, after our first restaurant, Horizons, closed but before Vedge opened, Kate and I found ourselves with an uncommon amount of free time. We took an unprecedentedly long vacation, touring Portugal and its Atlantic Islands, stretching from Alentejo down to the Algarve, from Lisbon to Madeira, and finishing up in the Azores. It was on this trip that we discovered what I call the new edamame: lupini beans. These peel-and-eat beans, sold in a brine-pa