Bean by Bean: A Cookbook

Hummus, Where the Heart is: Leguminous Starters

• Edamame in the Pod
• Goober Peas
• Gotcha-Hotcha Sweet-Smoky Cocktail Peanuts
• Classic Hummus Bi Tahini
• —Olive Hummus
• —Red Pepper Hummus
• —Spicy Harissa Hummus
• —Lemony Hummus
• Hillbilly Hummus
• Asian-Flavor Hummus
• Warmed White Bean & Herb Spread
• Greektown Dip
• Marrakech Melange
• —Mélange à l’Orange
• Roasty-Toasty Carrots & Onions
• —Roasty-Toasty Carrots, Onions & Potatoes
• Tex-Mex Frijoles Dip/Spread
• —Creamy Tex-Mex Frijoles Dip/Spread
• The Nacho Deconstructed
• 7-Layer Tex-Mex Mountain
• 7-Layer Middle Easter Mountain
• Newly Minted Puree of Fresh Favas
• —Newly Minted Fresh Lima Bean Puree
• —Fresh Fava or Lima Bean Puree with Dill
• Ellen Levine’s Vegetarian “Chopped Liver” a la Dragon
• —Ellen’s Version
• —Cracker Version
• —Vegan/Hippie-style Veggie Pâté
• Lentil Tapenade
• Salt-of-the-Earth Bread Spread
• Tofu Mayonnaise
• —Herbed Tofu Mayo Dip
• —Dip à la Russe
• —Garlic-Tahini-Lemon Dip

Soulful Simmer: Soups for Spirit and Substance

• Syrian-Style Red Lentil Soup with Onion & Herbs (Shawrbat Addas)
• —Syrian Fava Bean Soup (Ful Nabed)
• Sahadi’s Lebanese Lentil Soup with Spinach (Shawrbat Addas B’Sbaanegh)
• Spicy Syrian-Style Lentil Soup (Shawrbat Addas Majroosha)
• —Syrian-style Lentil-Tomato Soup (Shawrbat Addas Maa Banadoura)
• —Syrian Lentil Tomato-Red Pepper Soup
• Syrian Zucchini-Chickpea Soup (Shawrbat Hasa al-Humus)
• —Quick Syrian Zucchini-Chickpea Soup
• Fava Bean Soup-Stew (Ful Medames)
• Tunisian Chickpea & Vegetable Soup with Harissa (Lablabi)
• Harira
• —Harira with Lamb
• Nigerian Seed-Thickened Beef & Shrimp Soup Stew (Egusi)
• African Peanut & Bean Soup, Caribbean Style
• Tanzanian Black-Eyed Pea & Coconut Soup with Bananas
• Basic Amped-Up Vegetable Stock
• Thai Hot & Sour Soup, Vegetarian Style (Tom Yum Goong)
• Amie’s Vietnamese Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Cham Chay)
• Noodled Japanese Broth with Tofu & Bean Threads
• Dahl
• Panch Dahl
• Kerala-Style Dahl
• Sambar
• French Green Bean Soup, Ville-Preux Style
• Soupe Printemps Ville-Preux
• Minestrone
• Tuesday Fava Bean & Rice Soup alla Romana
• Pasta e Fagioli
• Hungarian Green Bean Soup (Zöldbableves)
• Greek Gigandes or White Bean Soup-Stew (Fasolada)
• Sautéed Haloumi Cheese
• Caldo Verde
• Spanish-Style Split Pea Soup (Potage de Guisante Barcelona)
• U.S. Senate Navy Bean Soup
• Dee’s Lumberjack Soup
• Ruth’s Southern Country-Style Green Bean Soup
• My Mother’s 1950s-Elegant Black Bean Soup
• New South-Style Spicy Collard & Black-Eyed Pea Soup
• Day-After-Thanksgiving Turkey, Wild Rice & Rattlesnake Bean Soup
• CD’s Very, Very Best Lentil, Mushroom & Barley Soup
• Fanesca
• Elsie’s Cuban Black Bean Soup
• Brazilian Collard Green Salad (Couve a Mineira)

Cool Beans: Salads for Every Season

• Simplified Green Bean Salads
• —Dressed for Success
• —Summer Simplicity
• —Mediterranean Moods
• —Mediterranean Mojo
• —Deconstructed Niçoise Still Life
• —Two-or Three-Bean Salad
• —Citrus-Sparkled Bean Salads
• —Raffa’s Mother’s Green Beans
• —Bean Salad in an Avocado Boat
• —Gingered Asian Green Bean Salad
• —Peter Rabbit’s Salad
• My Basic Feisty Vinaigrette
• Three Sisters Salad with Fresh Corn & Zucchini Ribbons
• Sugar Snap Pea, Orange & Spinach Salad with Citrus-Mint Vinaigrette
• Citrus-Mint Vinaigrette
• Haricots Verts & Roasted Tomato Salad with Roasted Garlic Cream
• Thai-Style Summer Rolls
• Thai-Style Green Bean & Carrot Salad with Lime & Peanuts
• Thai-Style Dressing
• Bountiful, Beautiful Bean & Barley Salad
• —Mixed Wholegrain Rice & Bean Salad
• —Sweet-Savory, Somewhat Asian Bean & Barley Salad
• —Week-After-Thanksgiving Grain Salad
• —Forbidden Rice Salad
• —Asian Flavors Forbidden Rice Salad
• —Quinoa Salad with Corn and Peppers
• —Yin-Yang Salad
• —Tabbouleh
• Marinated Lentilles de Puy with Greens, Baked Beets, Oranges & Walnuts
• Orange Vinaigrette
• Dragon-Style Dan-Dan Noodles with Baked Tofu, Bean Sprouts & Crisp Vegetables
• Dan-Dan Peanut Dressing
• Chicken Salad with Green Beans, Yellow Beans & Creamy Thai Basil Dressing
• Creamy Thai Basil Dressing
• German-Style Green Bean, Potato & Bacon Salad
• —German-Style Green Bean, Potato & Tempeh Salad
• Black Bean & Sweet Potato Salad with Honey-Cilantro Vinaigrette
• Honey-Cilantro Vinaigrette
• Almost Classic Five-Bean Salad
• —CD’s Five-Bean Salad Southwestern Salad
• —Almost Classic Five-Bean Salad Plus
• Mariam’s Sweet-and-Sour Dressing

Chili Weather: Spicy, Steamy Simmerings

• Genie’s Mother’s Homegrown Texas Chili
• —Genie’s Mother’s Beans for Chili
• CD’s Neo-Traditional Red Chili
• —Kachina’s Chili
• —Charlotte’s Chili
• —Chou-Chou’s Chili
• Truman Capote’s Family’s Cornbread
• Dairy Hollow House Skillet-Sizzled Buttermilk Cornbread
• Lisa Esposito’s Soul-Soothing Vegetarian Black Bean Chili
• —Lisa’s Black Beans
• CD’s Chili Mole
• Chou-Chou’s Brother David’s Petaluma Chili
• New Mexico-Style Green Chile Stew Verdura
• —New Mexico-Style Green Chile Sauce
• Classic Green Chile Stew
• Brown Bean Chili with Sweet Potatoes
• —Mixed Fruit Salsa
• White Chili with White Beans, Poblanos & Hominy
• —Molho à Campanha

Superior Stews, Companionable Curries

• Gigi Hamilton’s Really Hot, Really Delectable Mixed Beans with a Lot of Ginger
• Four-Star From-the-Cupboard Red Bean Stew
• Dorothy Read’s Yellow-Eye Beans Redux
• Brunswick Stew
• CD’s Brunswick New-Stew
• —Soysage Brunswick Stew
• —Sweet Potato Brunswick Stew
• Black Bean Fauxjoada Vegetariana
• Farofa
• Bhujia
• Extra-Green Thai Green Curry of Green Beans, Green Pepper & Tofu
• —From-Scratch Green Curry Paste
• Black-Eyed Peas & Corn in Tomato Masala
• Mellow Coconut-Tempeh Curry with Spinach, Zucchini & Sweet Potatoes
• Ethiopian Lentil Stew (Yemisir Wot)
• —Alicha
• —Alicha or Wot with Eggs
• Injera
• Jennifer’s Spiced Red Beans in Coconut Milk (Maharagwe)

Bountiful Bean Bakes, Comforting Casseroles

• Old-Fashioned, Down-Home All-Day Baked Beans
• —Vegetarian or Vegan Baked Beans
• —Vermont-Style Baked Beans
• —Baked Beans with Tomatoes or Ketchup
• —Honeyed Baked Beans
• —Orange Blossom Special Baked Beans
• —Baked Beans Caribe
• Steam Boston Brown Bread
• Old-Fashioned, Down-Home, Boston (Mountain) Baked Beans
• Mustard Pickle Baked Beans
• —Meatist Mustard Pickle Baked Beans
• Baked Limas with Rosy Sour Cream
• Simply Terrific Oven-Roasted Green Beans
• —Oven-Roasted Green Beans with Garlic
• —Oven-Roasted Green Beans with Tomatoes and Garlic
• Baked Beans Brazilian with Olives & Cheese
• —Vegetarian or Vegan Baked Beans Brazilian
• Connecticut Kidney Bean Casserole with Mushrooms, Red Wine & Tempeh Bacon
• Vegetarian Cassoulet
• Tamale Pie Delahanty
• —Meatist Tamale Pie
• —Cheese-Topped Tamale Pie
• Cornbread Pie à la Hippie
• Summer Garden Potpie with Cheese-Herb Drop Biscuits
• —Slightly Jazzed-Up Summer Garden Potpie
• —Summer Garden Potpie with Edamame
• —Wintertime Potpie, with Mushrooms
• —Springtime Potpie, with Mushrooms
• —Gardener’s Pie
• Velouté Sauce
• Cheese-Herb Drop Biscuits
• —Vegan Biscuits
• —Dill Biscuits
• Basic Oven-Baked Marinated Tempeh
• —Basic Oven-Baked Breaded Tempeh
• —Basic Oven-Crisped Tempeh
• Traditional Asian-Style Marinade for Tofu
• Smoky Onion-Garlic Marinade for Tofu
• Western, Hippie-Style Marinade for Tofu
• New Wave-New Fave Baked Tofu or Tempeh
• Traditional Asian-Style “Crisping” Marinade & Method for Oven-Baked Tofu

Home on the Range: Simpatico Skillets and Stir-Fries

• Green Bean & Vegetable Fritters
• The Best Vegetable Hash
• Mr. Puppovich’s Ho-Made Fishcake-Style Tofu Cakes
• Ho-Made Tartar Sauce
• Traditional, Start-Them-the-Day-Before Falafels
• —Egyptian-Style Falafels
• —Syrian-Style Falafels
• —West Africa-Style Fritters (Akkra)
• Middle Eastern Chopped Salad
• Tzatziki Yogurt Sauce
• Neo-Traditional Falafels
• Tahini Sauce (Taratour)
• Harissa
• Jamaican Jerk-Style Lentil-Vegetable Patties
• Jamaican-Spiced Yogurt Dip
• Fastest-Gun-in-the-West Huevos Rancheros
• Refried Beans (Frijoles Refritos) Vegetariana
• CD’s Beans & Greens Pasta with Lemon, Garlic & Chile
• Bok Choy, Broccoli & Edamame Skillet
• Socca (Chickpea Flatbread)
• —Extra-Crisp, Crackerlike Socca
• —Rosemary Garlic Socca
• —Socca Pizza
• Neo-Classic Crepes
• —Buckwheat Crepes
• —Corn Crepes
• —Sweet Crepes
• Ragout of Shiitake Mushrooms, Butter Beans & Southern Greens
• Oven-Baked Polenta
• Crescent’s Superb More-or-Less Greek-Style Green Beans
• Farmer’s Market Escarole with Fresh Yellow & Green Beans
• Green Beans T’horin
• Lemon-Mustard Green & Yellow Beans
• Meatist Sweet & Sour Wax Beans with Bacon
• Vegan Sweet & Sour Wax Beans with Tempeh Bacon & Smoked Salt
• Dilled Wax Beans
• Basic Asian Tofu Stir-Fry with Bok Choy & Snap Peas
• Kung Pao Tofu with Honey-Roasted Peanuts & Green Beans

Beans and Grains

• Mjeddrah
• Black-Eyed Peas & Rice One-Pot with Indian Aromatics
• Veronica’s Jamaican Coat of Arms
• Red Beans & Rice Nouveau Carré
• Red Beans & Rice Vieux Carré
• Traditional Hoppin’ John
• —Contemporary African American Hoppin’ John
• Dragon-Style Dancin’ John
• Maya’s Magic Black Beans with Eggplant & Royal Rice
• Vegetarian Cholent with Mushrooms, Seitan, Beans & Barley

Sweet Beans: In Which Legumes Dessert You

• Julie’s Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
• Julie’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
• Sweet Fava Nut Cookies (Fave Dolci)
• Sesame-Seeded Chickpea Flour Cookies (Ghoreyba Soumsoum)
• “Don’t Hurt Yourself” Bean Pie
• Lime Tofu Mousse-Custard
• White Chocolate & Peanut Butter Banana Cream Pie
• Rose of Persia Cake
• King Cake, Dragon Style
• Green Gram Payasam
• Red Bean Ice Cream
• Anko
• Matcha Meringues