With Anasazi beans, I adapted a cassoulet recipe to make this hearty bean dish that is great to enjoy on a cold winter's night. Again, you can soak the beans for 6 to 8 hours in water, then drain ...

When you have a big, savory pot of beans at hand, there’s no shortage of dishes you can make: salads, soups, even gratins. Beans offer protein and fiber, and they’re a good source of potassium, ...

Let’s get one thing straight. Canned beans are never going to be as good as home-cooked dried beans, no matter how many seasonings you add to your pot. They’re like any other convenience food: a wan ...

After 10+ years in customer service, Jen is now an editor at Chowhound and still can't believe she's basically living her childhood dream (of writing for Gourmet magazine). Naturally, she loves to eat ...

Earlier this year, on a lazy Sunday afternoon during the chilly, cloudy season that passes for winter in Los Angeles, I sat on a friend’s apartment floor and ate a bowl of broad beans. Brothy and ...

Beans are incredibly versatile, whether you're buying them by the can or simmering them in a pot all afternoon. Among the numerous varieties, white beans include a handful of subtypes, like navy, ...

It used to be that whenever I whipped up a big pot of beans, I’d strain the cooking liquid directly down the drain. This was back when I thought that, if you salted the beans while they simmered, they ...

I caught Carla Lalli Music weighing a handful of Fritos on a digital scale in the test kitchen. She held them out to me in her palm and cried, “This? This is a serving size of Fritos!” It was ...

“My mother often served us a supper of kidney bean soup or a pot of baked beans on a winter night,” Edna Lewis writes in her 1976 classic, “The Taste of Country Cooking,” adding that the rest of the ...

Let’s get one thing straight. Canned beans are never going to be as good as home-cooked dried beans, no matter how many seasonings you add to your pot. They’re like any other convenience food: a wan ...