How Do You Red Bean?

How Do You Red Bean? is an ongoing storytelling series that documents the living tradition of red beans and rice as it’s cooked, remembered, and passed on today. This isn’t about one correct recipe. It’s about the small decisions, family habits, memories, and sacred steps that shape the pot every Monday.

People in kitchens all across Louisiana and beyond cook red beans a little differently. Some are by instinct, by memory, or by the way they were taught. Each entry in this series captures one of those voices, preserving how a simple pot of beans becomes ritual, comfort, connection, and a way to bring a community together.

The tradition isn’t frozen in time. It’s still bubbling on the stove.

So the question remains, and it always will:

How do you red bean?

How Do You Red Bean: The Musicians’ Edition 1

KERMIT RUFFINS: How Do You Red Bean?

BOBBY RUSH: How Do You Red Bean?

CHUCK “LYRIKILL” JONES: How Do You Red Bean?

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JULIE FREDERICK VAUCRESSON: How Do You Red Bean?

ALFRED BANKS: How Do You Red Bean?

REGIS PROGRAIS: How Do You Red Bean?

CHEF DEE LAVIGNE: How Do You Red Bean?

LEON “KID CHOCOLATE” BROWN: How Do You Red Bean?

TERRANCE OSBORNE: How Do You Red Bean?

BIG CHIEF BO DOLLIS, JR: How Do You Red Bean?

STEPHEN WALKER: How Do You Red Bean?

MURF REEVES: How Do You Red Bean?

CHEF MELISSA ARAUJO: How Do You Red Bean?

PAUL SONIAT: How Do You Red Bean?

BURKE BISCHOFF: How Do You Red Bean?

GEORGE PORTER JR: How Do You Red Bean?

CRAIG KLEIN: How Do You Red Bean?

ANDREW DUHON: How Do You Red Bean?

ERIKA FLOWERS: How Do You Red Bean?

JEREMEY LAVOI: How Do You Red Bean?

CHEF GUS MARTIN: How Do You Red Bean?

MICHAEL ALLEN ZELL: How Do You Red Bean?

DEVIN DE WULF: How Do You Red Bean?

PHILIP DENMAN: How Do You Red Bean?

CALVIN JOHNSON: How Do You Red Bean?

MICHAEL MURPHY: How Do You Red Bean?

GEORGE GRAHAM: How Do You Red Bean?

WENDELL BRUNIOUS: How Do You Red Bean?

JOHN PAPA GROS: How Do You Red Bean?

ERICA FALLS: How Do You Red Bean?

BRIAN LANDRY: How Do You Red Bean?

JOHNETTE DOWNING: How Do You Red Bean?

BIG SAM WILLIAMS: How Do You Red Bean?

JONATHAN FLOYD: How Do You Red Bean?

STEVEN WELLS HICKS: How Do You Red Bean?

CHEF ISAAC TOUPS: How Do You Red Bean?

ROBERT MEDINA: How Do You Red Bean?

BRETT ‘SHAGGY’ DUFFEE: How Do You Red Bean?

BRAD McGEHEE: How Do You Red Bean?

KIT WOHL: How Do You Red Bean?

JASON HARDESTY: How Do You Red Bean?

CAM BOUDREAUX: How Do You Red Bean?

MARK BOLOGNA: How Do You Red Bean?

MARK MCGRAIN: How Do You Red Bean?

RUDY DA FOODIE: How Do You Red Bean?

AL SUNSERI: How Do You Red Bean?

TOMMY CENTOLA: How Do You Red Bean?

LAURA CAYOUETTE: How Do You Red Bean?

CHEF ANTHONY SCANIO: How Do You Red Bean?

MARCELLE BIENVENU: How Do You Red Bean?

PROFESSOR CARL NIVALE: How Do You Red Bean?

CHEF CARL SCHAUBHUT: How Do You Red Bean?

PANDERINA SOUMAS: How Do You Red Bean?

LITTLE FREDDIE KING: How Do You Red Bean?

LOLIS ERIC ELIE: How Do You Red Bean?

CHRIS TREW: How Do You Red Bean?

NEIL McCLURE: How Do You Red Bean?

SUSAN FORD: How Do You Red Bean?

RAY CANNATA: How Do You Red Bean?

RAYMOND DR RACKLE WILLIAMS: How Do You Red Bean?

PAUL SANCHEZ: How Do You Red Bean?