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A Simple Summertime Dip: Cowboy Caviar
Every once in a while, especially in the summer, it seems, an old recipe comes back into popularity. It might be Jello-O, deviled eggs, macaroni salads. Who knows? The latest is cowboy beans: a black bean salad, originally concocted by…
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Origin of the Species: Chili
From your email, please click on the title to view the photos and comment online. On the Website, you can read past blogs, search for recipes, and browse. Charles Darwin, I think, would have appreciated chili con carne. Turns…
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Spilling the Beans on Delicious Flavor
Dried beans seem like they should be more prominent in our meal planning, but they have a bit of Rodney Dangerfield in their perception among cooks. No respect. And part of the problem may be that it’s hard to move…
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The Many Delights of Baked Beans
A half-century ago when I was serving in the Army, my boss periodically ate lunch at his desk. To my curiosity, one of his periodic lunches was a baked bean sandwich, a taste sensation that I had never experienced growing…
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Going Green
Welcome to prime vegetable season. The earliest entrants have already appeared in local farmstands: the first fiddleheads and spring onions, then peas. There is a whole assortment of greens to be had, all fresh, crisp, colorful, and delicious. Of course,…
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Making Stock of the Christmas Feast
Holiday feasts are the gifts that keep on giving – and I don’t mean the leftovers. You can do great things with the bones from your roast, whatever than might be, and the vegetables that didn’t get used. Yes, I’m…
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Better Than Baked: Cowboy Beans
It’s official: summer! Now we’re into June and grilling season. Rather than opine on burgers or barbecue, I thought, how about a blog on my latest side dish? What are we having that’s different? In my case, it’s cowboy beans. I…
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You Don’t Know Beans
Growing up, I never would have expected to sing the praises of beans. But, of late, I’ve come to admire the lowly pods of protein and carbohydrates first domesticated in South America 10,000 years ago. Compare them with a hamburger.…
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Welcome to Comfort Food Season
Tis the season for something substantial. The cool temps at night means that most diners are not in the mood for a salad. Nature agrees. The summer birds have headed south, and the leaves are beginning to turn. One advantage…
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Trine Hahnemann: My Family’s Bean Salad
This recipe comes from Hahnemann's Scandinavian Comfort Food.
