It might seem like the wrong season to fire up the oven for half a day, but if the weather’s not too hot and you’re grilling brats (or an uncured ham, like we did last weekend), there’s almost nothing ...

This recipe, adapted from “Jasper White’s Cooking From New England” (Harper & Row: 1989), may well be the ultimate American baked bean dish , just sweet enough from the molasses and maple sugar. There ...

Boston baked beans, like any bean dish, need a strong foundation of flavor to reach its full flavor potential. Martha Stewart ...

Many popular candies are new takes on historical treats, as is the case with Boston Baked Beans. This is the classic Italian ...

Baked beans and franks were once so common for dinner on Saturday night in New England that some communities became known for Bean-Hole suppers, in which a cast-iron pot of beans was baked in a pit, ...

1. Place the beans in a large pot and add 8 cups of cold water. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow the beans to soak for 1 hour. Drain the beans; cover with another ...

During a trip to Boston in the 1980s, I wanted to send a postcard to my parents in Ohio. In looking through a rack containing scenes of Old North Church, Boston Commons, Prudential building, Cape Cod, ...

The CEO and I don’t go out to movies anymore. Oh, we used to, drive-in theaters (when we were younger), then 25-cent movies on the post at the former Fort Bragg and some good ones at indoor theaters.

A couple of times a year, I take my bean pot from the top of the cabinet,give it a good scrub and make baked beans. The recipe I use is similar to the one in Fannie Farmer’s Boston Cooking School Cook ...

Cleaning out garages is an awful job, and I put it off until mine was so overstuffed I couldn’t jam in anything more. But there are rewards too, like finding old kitchen treasures and remembering the ...