This Tex-Mex chicken stew may not look like much, but slow-cooked pinto beans give it some really great flavor and texture without much work. The recipe uses good-quality jarred salsa (use your ...

With Cinco de Mayo a week away, it’s time to dig out your favorite pinto bean dish to serve to friends or family. But instead of using canned beans, consider trying your hand at cooking with dry pinto ...

If you like beans, today is your lucky day. They're cheap, packed with protein, and super easy to work with. You can stretch ...

Pinto beans are tan-colored, oval-shaped beans with specks of reddish-brown. Metaphorically, each pinto bean resembles a painting, and in Spanish "pinto" means painted. Pinto beans are a staple in ...

Q. I cooked a big batch of pinto beans and now I can’t use them right away. Can I freeze them? A. Yes, you can freeze cooked beans. In fact, that’s a good tip for saving energy and money. Dried beans ...

Someday soon, mercifully soon, the temps will cool enough for me to reach into the back of the closet and pull out the flannel shirt that has been languishing there since last April. Someday soon, ...

Before I moved into my grandmother’s house a few years ago, my dog, Starbuck, and I lived in a little two-bedroom house in Normal Heights. During our evening walks, I could always tell when I was ...