Huffington Magazine Issue 52 | Page 75

Exit Don’t Be Scared, It’s Just a Bag of Dried Beans BY REBECCA ORCHANT RIED BEANS and I are having a bit of a kitchen love affair right now. But it hasn’t always been this way. For most of my cooking life up to this point, I’ve been firmly, wholeheartedly terrified of them. Three things helped turn this culture of avoidance into an all-out season of appreciation: 1) my husband’s general willingness to, through FOTOGRAFIABASICA/ GETTY IMAGES D EAT THIS HUFFINGTON 06.09.13