Superabundant dispatch: A new video short, spaghetti with creamy miso sauce and this week’s news...

June is Pride Month, and since the James Beard Awards were just announced, we thought it’d be fun to honor one of the most famous LGBTQ Portlanders with a simple and delicious recipe prompted by his effortless style of cooking. His 1954 cookbook “How to Eat Better for Less Money” strikes a chord with us — a good cook doesn’t need to rely on expensive ingredients and certainly knows better than to waste a single thing. Beard’s pasta cookbook also features a simple brothy bowl of macaroni with beans that, while ideal for winter, we return to throughout the year using seasonal ingredients.