If you grow beans for drying in the garden, harvest time is here. Dried beans are ready for harvest as soon as the pods turn completely dry and begin to crack open. After the dried pods are harvested, ...

My concept of food going “bad” is simple: If it doesn’t smell weird, feel stickier than it should, or have mold growing on it, it’s probably fine! But some foods, like flour or dried beans, are a ...

Imagine: It's the dead of winter and you want to make a hearty bean soup, but the grocery store is closed. All you have left in your cabinet are some canned beans. Will they work? Or do you heat up a ...

In the Mediterranean, dried beans are commonly bought loose from a trusted market stall holder, preferably local to the area (Getty) A working lunch for Rupert and I at home will often be a bowl of ...