Editor’s Tip: To see if the peanuts are tender, you’ll need to break one open and check the “goober peas” inside. The longer you cook them, the softer they’ll get, so let your preference ...

Today, everyone calls it a peanut. Southerners might also say 'goober.' But before the Civil War, there were a dozen names for that humble legume, and it wasn't at all clear which one would win out.

How to grow peanuts. Healthy and sustainable, peanuts are hugely satisfying to grow at home and fun to harvest too. These ...

Clarification: The Nottoway nation that owns Cattawhowrock Town prefers to be called Cheroenhakas. The original version of this story was unclear about this distinction. This version has been updated.

Confederate soldiers even sang about “goober peas” – boiled peanuts – in a popular wartime ditty. Beyond the rural South, however, boiled peanuts became a favorite preparation in many ...

I’ll save goober peas for another column. Barbara Quinn-Intermill is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator affiliated with Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.

While boiled peanuts were a new concept for me as a teenager from the Northeast, they were a taste of home for chef Vishwesh Bhatt when his family moved from Gujarat, India, to Austin when he was 17.

While boiled peanuts were a new concept for me as a teenager from the Northeast, they were a taste of home for chef Vishwesh Bhatt when his family moved from Gujarat, India, to Austin when he was 17.