Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soaking dried beans isn’t always necessary, since it saves little cooking time and can even diminish flavor in some varieties like ...

There is a lot of bean cooking lore out there. Some of it good advice, and some of it bad. From the ongoing debate about soaking beans, to whether adding salt to beans before they're soft makes them ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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 ...

Grocery shoppers have been stocking up on non-perishable pantry items, as it looks like the coronavirus crisis could have us hunkering down at home for a while. One items a lot of home cooks don’t ...

Soaking dried beans isn’t always necessary, since it saves little cooking time and can even diminish flavor in some varieties like black beans. Instead of soaking, a quick five- to 10-minute boil ...