Take advantage of the West's crop of new varieties
The Palouse--a piece of the West cut out of Washington and Idaho--is America's lentil land. The name derives from the French word pelouse, meaning green lawn, and in spring, the verdant lentil fields validate the label. By late summer the undulating hills are honey-colored, and the anklehigh bushes dry and ready to release their treasure--about 215 million pounds of lentils, more than 70 percent of the country's crop.
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