Creamy Green String Bean Casserole with Crispy Onions

My grandmother used to make this for special occasions. She grabbed a can opener, and set about tipping the contents of tins, condensed cream of mushroom soup, Blue Lake tinned beans, and vacuum packed crispy onions, into an oven-proof dish. Then she cranked up the oven and baked it until it bubbled, and a thick…

Cannellini Bean Soup with Porcini Mushrooms

This is a variation on Rufus’s Food and Spirits Guide for Cannellini Bean Soup. The day that I made this soup I had the mother-of-all-head-colds coming on. I didn’t have the time or temperament to soak beans for 8-hours; I needed an injection of garlic and onion, and the only thing with the truffles on…