This cheesy, pleasantly piquant side takes a cue from the classic Roman pasta. Built for ease, this one-pan recipe calls to ...

Green beans, string beans, snap beans, haricots verts—whatever you like to call ’em-are the simple, stringy veggies that have graced practically every dinner table. Especially around the holidays.

I tried green-bean casserole recipes from chefs Alex Guarnaschelli, Alton Brown, and Ree Drummond to see which one made the ...

Boiled green beans can be snappy and bright, or they can be mushy and flat-tasting. Here's how to make sure they come out ...

The difference between a gorgeous, appealing bowl of green beans and an unsavory, mushy mess comes down to how they’re cooked. Learn how to blanch green beans and no one at the dinner table will ever ...

My husband is a “texture guy,” meaning lots of foods—vegetables especially—are off-limits if they feel weird in his mouth. As a produce-obsessed home cook, I’m on a perpetual mission to find ways to ...

There are green beans, and then there are green beans. After many years of cooking this vegetable, I’m here to say, freshness really counts. Luckily for us, we are in green bean season. Look for beans ...

Smooth: good. Wrinkled: bad. Standard policy in many a household, especially for linens and skin. Smooth suggests order, freshness, vitality. Wrinkled suggests ruin. Exceptions abound: The crinkled ...