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 ...

Dried beans are a truly versatile kitchen staple that everyone should have in their pantry. Not only do they keep pretty much indefinitely, but they’re actually extremely easy to cook and customize to ...

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 salted butter, for example, or seasoned cast ...

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 ...

Should dry beans be soaked, yes or no? I wondered this for the millionth time recently as I walked a young relative, via text message, through how to cook beans for the first time. None of the cooks I ...