Bean There, Baked That
From The Atlas Obscura Podcast by SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura
April 15, 2026 · 15 min
About this episode
The episode explores a unique dessert recipe from a vast archive of family recipes in Nebraska.
In a storefront in Kearney, Nebraska, Morris Press Cookbooks Store houses a massive "Google of family recipes," chronicling nearly a century of American home-style cuisine. To test the archive, producer Jerome Campbell attempts to “bake his way back home” by testing an unusual make-do dessert recipe: A pinto-bean-based cake.
Topics covered
- family recipes
- American cuisine
- baking
- desserts
- cooking
Keywords
- family recipes
- cooking
- baking
- pinto beans
- dessert
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Morris Press Cookbooks Store
Products: pinto-bean-based cake
Places: Kearney, Nebraska
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