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How To Cook Beans in the Oven​

The most hands-off, trouble-free way to cook beans.​

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I can still remember the first time I made a pot of home-cooked beans. Up until then my only experience of beans was straight from a can. Cooking dried beans felt exotic and old-fashioned, fancy and cowboy all at once. I took my first bite of a simple batch of Good Mother Stallard beans from Rancho Gordo and almost yelled out loud — they surprised me so much. Deeply rich and meaty, swimming in a broth that came just from the beans — no garlic and onions — it seemed like kitchen witchery that transformed dry beans and water into such flavor.​

Beans have become a regular staple in my kitchen since then, no less magical for their familiarity. But I did discover an even more magical way to cook them: in the oven. Let me explain why this is my favorite method of all.​

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The best results will be from great heirloom beans, like the ones from Rancho Gordo and other growers who are preserving terrific heirloom varieties with tons of flavor.​

Also, the traditional clay pot, like these wonderful pots from La Chamba will help your beans cook nicely and give them an earthy, smoky flavor. But you can also use any oven-safe pot with a lid. Just make sure you give the beans plenty of space to expand; they’ll grow as they cook to about three times their original volume.​

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Here are some of the pros and cons of soaking your beans before cooking them: ...​

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I’ve cooked plenty of beans with soaking, not soaking, and with the quick-soak method. But as long as they’re cooked in the gentle, even heat of the oven they’ve always turned out beautifully.​

So this is the method I use. It takes a lot longer to explain than to actually do it!​

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Adding to the subject of beans;
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Beans Are Good For the Planet, For You and For Your Dinner Table. Here’s How to Cook Them Right.​

They’re versatile enough to play a starring or backup role in virtually every part of the meal, too.
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Many of the beans shown above can be ordered from this site, and can be planted as well as cooked;

 
Assorted food info and recipes updates~archives ...
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Eat This to Save the World! The Most Sustainable Foods—From Seaweed to Venison​

What should we be scoffing if we want to help fight the climate crisis from our kitchens? The question has never been more important or confusing—here is a guide to help you get started.
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One Box of Eggs – 17 Delicious Ways to Use Them, From French Toast to Huevos Rancheros​

If you’re tired of boiling or frying, there are plenty of other brilliant ways to use one of the world’s most versatile, affordable, tasty ingredients.
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Want to Make Restaurant-Worthy Sandwiches at Home? Start Here.​


The secrets to building the perfect sandwich, from the bread to the textures to the acid ....
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High-Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Sugar: Which Is Actually Worse?​

Many of us believe some kinds of sugar are healthier.

 
So Easter has come and gone and there one sits with these several to dozens of hard-boiled eggs. What to do with such ?

16 Excellent Ways to Make Egg Salad​

 

How to Make Southern Butter Rolls​

A nearly forgotten celebration of Southern ingenuity.​

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How To Make Crispy Roasted Chickpeas in the Oven​

So tiny. So easy to eat by the handful. So irresistible.​

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Should we be eating three meals a day?
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Before considering how frequently we should eat, scientists urge us to consider when we shouldn't.

Intermittent fasting, where you restrict your food intake to an eight-hour window, is becoming a huge area of research.

Giving our bodies at least 12 hours a day without food allows our digestive system to rest, says Emily Manoogian, clinical researcher at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California, and author of a 2019 paper entitled "When to eat".

Rozalyn Anderson, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine and Public Health, has studied the benefits of calorie restriction, which is associated with lower levels of inflammation in the body.

"Having a fasting period every day could reap some of these benefits," she says. "It gets into the idea that fasting puts the body in a different state, where it's more ready to repair and surveil for damage, and clear misfolded proteins." Misfolded proteins are faulty versions of ordinary proteins, which are molecules that perform a huge range of important jobs in the body. Misfolded proteins have been associated with a number of diseases.
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Recipe: Philly Cheesesteak Pasta Skillet​

Toss a few ingredients into the skillet and that iconic cheesesteak flavor is well within reach.​

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About 40+ here;

The Best Dump-and-Cook Crockpot Meals​

 
A couple good chicken ones here;

Chicken Tetrazzini Recipe​

A cheesy pasta bake loaded with juicy chicken and plump mushrooms.
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Crispy Chicken Thighs with Garlic and Rosemary Recipe​

This crowd-pleasing chicken dish smells heavenly—and tastes even better.

 

A Gooey and Delicious History of Mac and Cheese, a Meal Once Fit for a King​

Ever heard of the fabled land of Bengodi, where they roll macaroni noodles down a mountain of parmesan cheese, straight into your mouth?

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Mac and cheese truly is a food for the masses, a meal that knows no bounds. But only somewhat recently did this magical combination of noodles and cheese acquire such widespread renown. In fact, if we travel back a few hundred years, when mac and cheese first appeared in the lengthy annals of humanity, it was a dish reserved strictly for royalty.

So, as an homage to one of the few simple pleasures we have had lately, I present to you the full story of how mac and cheese became, well, mac and cheese.
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Recipe: One-Pot Tomato Chickpeas and Orzo​

A quick and delicious for when you simply don’t feel like cooking.
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The Best Way to Barbecue, According to Science​

Step away from the lighter fluid.
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Hero on a Half Shell: A Dozen Great Reads for Oyster Lovers​

You’ll never think about happy hour the same way again after slurping down this collection of articles about the surprisingly delicious history and science of the amazing oyster.​

 

Here's How to Turn Your Grilled Cheese Sandwich Into an Umami Bomb​

These indulgent beauties pack a welcome punch of umami.
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The Twisted History of Licorice, the Candy We Love to Hate​

Why this dud candy keeps on keeping on, despite a distinct lack of redeeming qualities.
 
Some of these may have been presented here already, but this is a handy listing of some good ones;

13 Delicious Sandwich Recipes​

Make lunch the most exciting time of the day with a baker's dozen of mouthwatering sandwich recipes, from muffulettas to cubanos to MLTs (and BLTs, too).​

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Non-Boring Breakfast Recipes​

 
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Might fit better in a gardening thread, but here for now (and archive):
The revival of a forgotten American fruit

Across large swaths of North America, an ancient fruit is growing wild but largely forgotten. However, a community of foodies, farmers and scientists is eagerly trying to change that.
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"Where, oh where, is pretty little Suzie? Where, oh where, is pretty little Suzie? Where, oh where, is pretty little Suzie?" asks the traditional folk song. "Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch."

Suzie knows more about pawpaws than most, it seems. North America's largest native edible fruit grows wild in 26 US states, including Texas, Ohio, West Virginia, New York and Michigan and all the way up to Ontario, Canada. Yet most people have never heard of it.

That's because pawpaws have never been sold on a large scale. Commercial farmers have long shunned them because they need a special growing environment of low, wet areas and because they spoil only a few days after harvest – so you won't see the yellow-green fruit next to the grapes at the grocery store. Nevertheless, a community of avid pawpaw fans across the US – from festival organisers and chefs to scientists and independent farmers – is expanding the love for this forgotten fruit, and they want you to love it too.

"They are so delicious," said Michael Judd, author of For the Love of Paw Paws: A Mini Manual for Growing and Caring for Paw Paws – From Seed to Table. During the harvest season (typically a few weeks in late summer or early autumn), his diet consists mainly of pawpaws taken right off the branch. "It's a nutrient-rich superfood," he added, listing off the pawpaw's many attributes: antioxidants, all the amino acids, magnesium, copper, zinc, iron, potassium, phosphorus, vitamin C.

To help get the word out, Judd will be hosting his seventh annual pawpaw festival this September, on his farm in Frederick, Maryland, which includes tastings, jam making, pawpaw ice cream, music, lectures and more.
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The Drama of Dinner: How to Fine-Dine at Home​

In postwar America, opulence took the form of heavy cream, butter, beef, seafood—and the occasional dessert on fire.
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...Clams Casino, Crab Louie, and Steak Diane...

 

An NYC Chef’s Flavor-Building Pantry Staples, None of Which Are Olive Oil​

Plus recipes that star the ingredients.

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Don’t Want to Mess Up That Big Piece of Meat You Just Bought? Enter the Reverse Sear​

A low and slow oven roast, followed by a quick trip through a hot skillet, is practically foolproof—and very tasty.​

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11 Favorite Recipes That Get a Flavor Kick from Sumac​

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20 ballpark foods you can make at home​

 
I'll be making a batch of this shortly, having gotten a deal on some assorted peppers. As noted, doesn't have to be just jalapenos, could be others.

Cowboy Candy Recipe – Simple Candied Jalapenos​

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Sweet and Spicy Cowboy Candy (a.k.a Candied Jalapenos)​

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Web-search will show there are several variations on the recipe.
 

How to Season Your Cast-Iron Skillet—and Keep It Seasoned​

It’s not as hard as you might think.
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Ten fruits and vegetables you’re storing wrong​

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5 recipes that prove beans are the MVP of the pantry​

 

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