Beans are a simple staple that can turn everyday dinners into something warm and comforting without stretching your budget.

Red beans and rice make for a satiating meal. Here's how to dress up Aldi's mix, keeping it affordable while delivering deep ...

Zaynab Issa’s curried red bean soup with kale riffs on minestrone with heady spices like cumin, coriander and turmeric ...

Growing up in Los Angeles, so much of what I ate for dinner was a hodgepodge of different cultures. On Tuesday nights, gringo-styled tacos with cumin-scented ground beef and chunky stripes of sharp ...

New Orleanians ate red beans and rice on Mondays because it was laundry day, and they cooked their red beans on the stove while the wash water heated. Or maybe it’s because they needed to use the ...

The combination of red beans and rice is one of the southeast Louisiana’s defining dishes. Historically, Mondays were wash days, and red beans were the perfect thing to cook, utilizing the hambone ...

The just-republished "Buster Holmes Restaurant Cookbook: New Orleans Handmade Cookin'" ($16.95, Pelican Publishing) has two recipes for red beans and rice, for which Buster Holmes was famous. The ...

Jim Dixon wrote about food for WW for more than 20 years, but these days most of his time is spent at his olive oil-focused specialty food business Wellspent Market. Jim’s always loved to eat, and he ...

Dear SOS: I have lunch frequently with my daughter at Yujean Kang’s Asian Bistro in South Coast Plaza. They have the best dessert, a red bean pancake in a coconut cream sauce. I’ve searched everywhere ...

Seasoning and soaking are secrets to a “put-your-foot-in-it” pot of red beans, which is one of the staples of Carnival season. Whether tailgating on the parade route or at a Mardi Gras party, a pot of ...