Many of us know baked beans as a slightly sweet dish, but some canned options have been savory. Popular opinion also links ...

New England cuisine relies a lot on culinary traditions that have existed for generations, and one beloved sandwich has roots ...

In The Truth About Baked Beans: An Edible History of New England, Muckenhoupt writes, “As I began researching Boston baked beans, I rapidly realized most of the origin stories about sweet bean ...

Boston has been out-beaned by Chicago ... “In some ways, they expect to see baked beans, fish chowder, that classic New England food. I guess if you go to Philly, you’re looking for a ...

Colonists in New England were introduced to dried beans ... on Saturday evening. Boston embraced baked beans – made in a bean pot with molasses, salt pork, mustard and, sometimes, an onion ...

The origins of the nickname — which refers to a distinct style of baked beans sweetened with molasses — often are linked to New England’s colonizers, the Puritans. One story says Boston ...