Fresh green beans — long, elegant and vividly hued — stand out when lined up in rows of cartons at the farmers market this time of year. Of course, many of us are used to seeing these spring and ...

Beans come in many shapes and sizes. From a savory, thick batch of black beans, to blistered, crunchy green beans, and nutty, sweet lima beans, it's safe to say the legume category serves up a whole ...

“Americans just do not know how to cook green beans,” said Ann, a farmers’ market vendor, as she handed me a sack of deep green, plump beans she picked earlier that morning. “When they’re underdone ...