Making baked beans from scratch isn't fast, but it is easy. Though the dry beans do need to be soaked overnight, then baked for a couple hours, actual hands-on cooking time is just about 15 minutes.

While I strongly believe that college dining halls do their best to cater to every student, I always missed the taste of homemade, well-seasoned food. Coming from Miami, where Cuban food is on every ...

Until I went off to college and became a vegetarian out of financial necessity, beans really weren't a part of my life. But once I found myself pinching pennies while sharing a house with three other ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Yield: 5 to 6 cups 1 pound dried beans (any kind) 1 to 3 teaspoons salt 1. Place beans in a large bowl and cover them with ...