J.C shared his recipe for lima beans in the slow cooker. "Make sure your life insurance is paid up in case you're overcome with joy once you try it, " he advises. The key ingredient: Barq's root beer.

This is my version of a dish made by my favorite New Orleanian, the irreplaceable chef Leah Chase. It is good with fresh or frozen butter beans or baby limas, and best over fragrant Louisiana brown or ...