Beans. Such a simple, primitive food. Yet so controversial in their cooking. Over the years I’ve heard infinite opinions about when you should salt the beans and whether you should soak them. (To add to the confusion, some say you should salt them while you soak them.) Sigh. As for the actual cooking part, this excerpt from The Kitchn […]
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When Canned Won’t Cut It
People sometimes ask how I got “so into cooking.” It was probably because, growing up, we made everything from scratch. I mean everything. Say we wanted to make jell-o. Most people would pick up a box of Strawberry Jell-O®, add the hot water, stir, refrigerate, and be done with it, right? Not at our house, […]
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