Beef and Barley Soup is full of delicious beef and barley, tender veggies, and fresh herbs, to bring you an amazingly hearty ...

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A great way to cook fish is to steam it in parcels. Here’s a simple recipe that never fails. The fish, sealed in the packet with wine and a bouquet of vegetables and herbs, steams in its own juices ...

North Dakota is one of the nation’s top producers of barley, and one of my favorite grains to cook with and eat. While often used in soups and stews, this flavorful cereal grain is hearty enough to ...

Pearl barley is technically not a whole grain, but it cooks quicker than whole barley, a big benefit considering that whole barley often can take 90 minutes to cook.

Barley — good old, sturdy barley — is one of those beautiful local foods that is often overlooked. Perhaps we take it for granted because the grain is easy to cook (far less fussy than rice or quinoa) ...

As someone who dines out a lot for work, I can tell you that barley doesn't appear on a whole lot of menus. And as a home cook, I can see how this grain maybe isn't perceived to be as sexy as farro, ...

Hearty grains are versatile addition to your cooking, if you haven’t added them into your rotation already. With nutty flavors, chewy textures, fiber and protein, they can make an excellent base for ...

Don't ask me how or why, but I recently learned that barley ranks fourth in world production of cereal grains, following corn, rice and wheat. Barley, a grain that barely visited my dinner plate until ...

Barley always used to be on hand in the kitchen cupboard as a welcome answer for a quick supper. But I don’t remember having it in either someone’s home or at a restaurant lately. Barley was probably ...

This nutritious grain an important part of the Irish diet. Americans eat corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day because, many decades ago, corned beef on the East Coast was cheaper than bacon, ...

As summer really kicks in, asparagus is still delicious and abundant. Looking for a way to showcase it? Barley is often used in soups or stews. It’s an earthy grain that complements the fresh, grassy ...