I find beans entrancing. Their splendid colours, shapes and shiny skins are jewel-like, beautiful and tactile. There are some recipes in which only dried beans, soaked overnight and cooked from ...

Have you noticed how breadcrumbs have had a glow-up? They’ve come a long way from the brown, sandy crumbs I knew as a kid. A few years ago we discovered Japanese panko breadcrumbs, spiky shards that ...

Blue Runner Foods for decades fixed red beans for cooks who didn’t have the time or impulse to simmer beans from scratch. The cans in the distinctive blue and white labels provide an easy solution, ...

Beans are an incredibly easy ingredient to cook, and the perfect base or accompaniment for many dishes like soup, chili, tacos, rice, salad, dips and more. They’re nutritious, chock-full of protein ...

Simon Hopkinson's latest book is an English-looking volume with a Francophile sensibility, inspired by a meal thrown together from leftover... Serves 4, as a light lunch or supper I like the mimicry ...

Most people don't know how to cook dried beans. Their knowledge of legumes doesn't extend past that old playground rhyme. How’d it go? Bean, beans, they’re good for your heart. The more you eat, the ...