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Roasted acorn squash with spicy beans

Roasted acorn squash with spicy beans

February 24, 2015 · by Janelle · in Dinner

I remember moving to Chicago at the end of college, facing the terrifying reality of adult life outside school for the first time. I didn’t have a lot of friends, especially after a rough breakup, and I underwent foot surgery…

Veggie Chili

Veggie Chili

April 21, 2013 · by Janelle · in Dinner

Why spicy foods are hot The calendar says it’s April, but I don’t believe it. Except for a few cruelly teasing days of sun, Chicago has been stuck in a cold, dreary, windy, rainy end-of-winter slump that really needs to…

Navy bean soup

Navy bean soup

February 10, 2013 · by Janelle · in Dinner

Umami, or, why soy sauce makes everything delicious Much as I’d love to be the person who can assemble a delicious meal before leaving for work and leave it to simmer in the slow-cooker all day, greeting me at the…

Fried masa bean cakes

January 13, 2013 · by Janelle · in Dinner

Mad for masa Rick Bayless recently had to go back to the library, but I have one more recipe from Chicago’s master of Mexican before we move on to new and exciting pastures. To be honest, it was primarily chosen…

Mashed-potato-stuffed peppers

October 16, 2012 · by Janelle · in Dinner

Beans, beans, the magical fruit We all know the song, but our dear friend Harold McGee puts it slightly more tactfully: “Several chemical constituents of beans are responsible for an uncomfortable, sometimes embarrassing consequence of eating legumes: the generation of…

Cornbread casserole

September 18, 2012 · by Janelle · in Dinner

Feeling curdley? My sister’s in town, and we both love cornbread an absurd amount. Unfortunately, even we can’t convince ourselves that cornbread on its own is a balanced, full meal–but if you put a bunch of vegetables and beans underneath,…

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