Just a week ago, I was sitting next to Mariam in Tanzania. When her mouth wasn't full of food, it was usually turned into a smile. Most of my friends don't like to have their picture taken when they are eating. Mariam didn't seem to...
[caption id="attachment_365" align="alignnone" width="548" caption="The Woodlawn Home Community is Eating Rice & Beans"][/caption] My Imago Dei home community loves food. For years, we have hosted potlucks every other week with fun themes like international food, comfort food, red and green foods, casseroles, etc. Between potlucks, someone...
One of the consistent remarks I hear each year during Rice & Beans Month is how it forces you to try new recipes. It is interesting that simplifying our diets leads us to expand and stretch our cooking skills and taste buds. Many cultures around...
Are you eating Rice & Beans this March? Check out some of the great submissions this year, and then make your own art, take your own photo, or create your own inspired work and send a picture of it over to info@EatRiceAndBeans.com Above: Woodlawn Home Community from...
Before Rice & Beans Month, Doug and Anya Holcomb of Portland, Oregon shopped for food the way a lot of people do, stopping on their way home from work and rarely sticking to a grocery budget. “We often felt overwhelmed trying to figure out what to...
[caption id="attachment_278" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The San Francisco treat you say?"][/caption] This year was my first rice & Beans experience, and I was determined and excited to dive in as much as possible. Simplicity, solidarity, and sharing! Huzzah! I remember lining up my beans in rows according...
[caption id="attachment_273" align="alignnone" width="576" caption="Rice & Beans Month"][/caption] Welcome to the Rice & Beans Month website. We are glad that you've stopped by our corner of the web and hope you enjoy sampling our "mega bites". We are about to enter our third year of Rice &...