Among nuts, peanuts are second only to pine nuts in terms of protein content (26 percent), which makes them a pretty hearty stand-in for meat.

Dear Lisa: Can you tell me how to make salted peanuts in the shell, like the kind you get at sporting events? -- E. Patterson. Dear E.: Here's an easy method: Dissolve 2 cups of salt in a gallon of ...

We live in the heart of peanut country. With 3,000 farms, Virginia is the fifth-largest – and northernmost – producer in the country. Peanuts rank as the third most important state crop behind tobacco ...

TALLAHASSEE — Most people in the North eat crunchy, roasted peanuts as a snack at a sports event or bar. But boiled peanuts — popular south of the Mason-Dixon line, are entirely different. In some ...