Vivian Peterson has only been making red rice for about 13 years, but the recipe is much older. “(It was) passed down from my grandmother and mother, who are from the Sea Islands,” Peterson says. “I ...

One-pot red beans and rice in serving bowls with garnish - Julie Kinnaird/Chowhound Red beans and rice is a staple comfort food dish of the South, especially in the historic city of New Orleans. This ...

Sheri Castle shares her recipe for Low Country–style red rice with shrimp and sausage. Sheri Castle shares her recipe for Low Country–style red rice with shrimp and sausage. Made with long-grain white ...

Red beans and rice is a classic Lousiana dish that's popular on Monday in both Cajun and Creole cuisines. But just why is it ...

For health, religious and philosophical reasons, many cooks have taken to leaving the pork out of Southern dishes which traditionally called for pig. But Lee Anne Leland was determined to re-create a ...

The just-republished "Buster Holmes Restaurant Cookbook: New Orleans Handmade Cookin'" ($16.95, Pelican Publishing) has two recipes for red beans and rice, for which Buster Holmes was famous. The ...

Vince Hayward cooks his red kidney beans all day in a slow cooker — sometimes with smoked ham hocks, sometimes with vegan sausage, always “heavy on the bay leaf.” If they aren’t creamy enough by the ...

STEPHEN: My love of red rice started at Stiles Point Elementary School on James Island, South Carolina. The cafeteria served it just about every day, and that was fine with me. I’ve had a lot since ...

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Growing up in Los Angeles, so much of what I ate for dinner was a hodgepodge of different cultures. On Tuesday nights, gringo-styled tacos with cumin-scented ground beef and chunky stripes of sharp ...