Beans!

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Beans! It’s fun to shout! BEANS! They’re good for the heart! I have a bowl of them beside me as I type these words, leftovers from the above dish, about which more below.

But I have to get two epic kitchen failures off my chest. I say “epic” because Ann and I are such extraordinary cooks, such geniuses in the kitchen (stable ones, mind you), capable of j…