Having grown up on the Louisiana Gulf Coast, a land of unmatched gastronomic diversity, I naively assumed that I, a passionate “foodie” and amateur chef, had tried virtually every dish common to the ...

For people with a peanut allergy, using recipes that traditionally call for peanuts can be tricky. Here are some substitutions that can help. By Althea Chang-Cook Growing up in a household where we ...

Because it takes a lot of peanuts to make a jar of peanut butter, commercial peanuts are grown on hundreds of acres at a time. There's also tremendous value in growing a few peanut plants of your own.

Have you ever considered growing peanuts? There are four types of peanuts grown in the U.S. — Runner, Valencia, Virginia, and Spanish. Of these, early maturing cultivars of the Valencia and Spanish ...

One of the things I love about writing a column is the feedback I get from readers . In a recent column, I asked about finding hickory nuts and recipes using dried beans. Ed from Pittsfield wrote me a ...

If you live in the South and are a fan of boiled peanuts, you already know peanuts are being harvested right now. Bins of green peanuts are showing up in grocery stores and roadside peanut stands are ...