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 ...

How to cook humble dried beans is the source of much argument among cooks. Whether beans must be soaked, quick-soaked, or left unsoaked before simmering and the effects of salt on the beans’ ...

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 ...

Beans are delicious when cooked from scratch, but the process can be frustrating. When cooking them on the stovetop, you need to keep a close eye on them to make sure they don’t boil over or stick to ...

Is Thrifty ice cream doomed? In-N-Out Burger history, French fry obsessions, comfort dumplings and a whole lot of beans. I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, with this week’s Tasting ...

You would think that deciding how to cook something as straightforward as a pot of dried beans would be easy. But it sure doesn’t appear so. To soak or not to soak? And for how long? Whether ‘tis ...

Midsummer to early fall is prime season for beans of all kinds: green beans, pole beans and yellow beans. This time, we’re talking about yellow beans, whose pale yellow pods stand out among the ...