Slow-Simmered Beans and Chard with Polenta

it’s going to get lonelier, but at least you'll have beans.

Things you’ll need: a pound of cranberry, or pinto (or whatever), beans, a big bunch or two of chard, onion, carrot, garlic, bay leaf, tomato paste, and fortitude. Maybe a weighted blanket, a good sweater, or a brilliant plan to protect votes and voters. Oh, and parmesan.

Chapter 75

There is something about the fall that has always appealed to you. This h…