Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a baking dish with oil.

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 ...

Place the beans in a large pot, and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook, uncovered, for just a minute or two. You aren ...

With the right preparation and cooking, beans can be a regular part of your diet without worrying about bloating and other ...

There are few things as comforting (and economical) as a big pot of beans. The entire process of slowly simmering legumes on the stovetop, from adding your seasonings to enjoying them warm from the ...

Until I went off to college and became a vegetarian out of financial necessity, beans really weren't a part of my life. But once I found myself pinching pennies while sharing a house with three other ...

When the weather turns chilly, a pot of slow-simmered butter beans is the kind of dinner that warms you from the inside out.

Learn about the surprising connection between baking soda, beans, and gas. Southern cooks have used the pantry staple to ease toots for decades, but is there any merit to the claim?

You might have noticed that some of the longstanding disputes in cooking are dualities, one side pitched as a better choice against one other: unsalted or salted butter, for example, or seasoned cast ...