Green beans are also known as snap beans because of the sound they make when a fresh pod is broken in half. Shelling beans are snap beans that are grown past the fresh pod stage until a large seed or ...

So it’s come to this—heirloom beans. Long-forgotten breeds are showing up in tortillas, soups, and Instagram posts across the country. They’ve achieved the coveted trifecta of cool: celebrity ...

Packed with vitamins, minerals, protein and fiber, they are also quite low in fat. They are known as “nutrient dense” foods, meaning they provide a lot of nutrition per calorie.

Now that it’s picnic season, I’m back to making my famous three-bean salad. But every time I’m at the grocery store, I feel torn between the canned kidney beans and the dried ones in bags.