TO COOK THE BEANS: Sort the beans - with dried beans, especially the locally grown small-farm variety, you’re likely to find stones in the mix, and we’re not making stone soup here Soak the ...

Rulli calls the food "slow food," cooked and prepared with ... We make homemade lasagna, and Susie makes all that, and the white sauce, and she's a very good cook." Taste: Sandwich creations ...

Award-winning food and drinks writer and longtime Times Union dining critic Susie Davidson Powell has covered the upstate dining scene for a decade. She writes weekly reviews, a monthly cocktail ...