Red beans and rice is one of my favorite cool weather meals. It’s hearty, comforting and nutritious. But to prepare it the classic way — using dried beans — takes several hours and requires a spice ...

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 ...

*Shaunda Necole from The Soul Food Pot offers a comprehensive guide to preparing classic red beans and rice using modern kitchen equipment. This traditional dish can be made entirely in an Instant Pot ...

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Chef "Big Shake" shared his simple recipe that costs $6.68 to make. Sure, a savvy shopper can score some deals at the grocery store, but there's something to be said about getting creative and making ...

Maya Feller, MS, RD, CDN of Brooklyn-based Maya Feller Nutrition is a registered dietitian nutritionist who works with patients looking for nutritional management of diet related chronic illnesses ...

Matt Horn’s newest cookbook — “Kowbird: Amazing Chicken Recipes from Chef Matt Horn’s Restaurant and Home Kitchen” (Quarto Publishing Group, $25), due out May 28 — combines recipes from his ...

New Orleans is known for good food, and lots of it. No trip to the Crescent City would be complete without a taste of gumbo or jambalaya, or a big bite out of a po’boy or muffuletta sandwich. Still, ...

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 ...

Place beans in a colander. Pick out and discard any shriveled or broken beans, and rinse with cold water. Add beans, ham, white onions, bay leaves, thyme, chilies and kosher salt to a large pot and ...

Note: This recipe comes from a college roommate who lives in Virginia and tells me her mother preferred cooking the beans separately and adding them and the tomatoes at the end. It's lighter than the ...