The 15th annual Mesquite Milling & Fiesta, hosted by the Community Food Bank, took place at the Mercado San Agustin, 100 S. Avenida del Convento, June 22, 2017.

The long, string bean-like seed pods are abundant in the Valley. They appear throughout the summer on the mesquite tree, a popular choice for suburban landscapes. For the unknowing, the pods are ...

Last fall's mesquite milling event by the Tucson Audubon Society was so successful that some people had to wait awhile to have their tree pods turned into flour. The society made a fix for this year's ...

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 ...