Cook dried beans to perfection with these tips from a legend. Fotografia Basica / Getty Images There's nothing difficult about bean cookery since it is only a question of time. Before cooking, all ...

The difference between a gorgeous, appealing bowl of green beans and an unsavory, mushy mess comes down to how they’re cooked. Learn how to blanch green beans and no one at the dinner table will ever ...

Let’s be clear: canned beans are simply not as tasty as the dried beans you cook yourself. Yes, canned beans are convenient, speedy and nutritious. But cooking dried beans is much easier than you ...

There is a lot of bean cooking lore out there. Some of it good advice, and some of it bad. From the ongoing debate about soaking beans, to whether adding salt to beans before they're soft makes them ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Green beans are the most popular holiday bean, ...

Preparing fresh fava beans is tedious, I won’t lie. But if you tackle the process separately from cooking with them for a meal, you’ll find the work worth the effort. Most traditional preparation ...

There is a lot of bean cooking lore out there. Some of it good advice, and some of it bad. From the ongoing debate about soaking beans, to whether adding salt to beans before they're soft makes them ...

With the USDA’s emphasis a few years back on eating a more plant-based diet, Americans have begun to “rediscover” beans. Most people are familiar with the “grocery store” varieties such as pinto, navy ...

Beans, beans, they're good for your heart, the more you eat them, the more you'll…lower your cholesterol, reduce blood pressure and lose weight? Oh, and they'll help to keep you regular too. At least, ...