When I think about Easter candy, I think about pastel-hued treats and chocolates wrapped in springtime foils. I never really thought about cool colors, like purple and blue (until now, that is). Brach ...

It started with a packet of heirloom pole bean seeds—a gift to this Newscriptster for the holidays. Planted in a no-till suburban garden in the spring, the seedlings shot up as if they had jumped from ...

I like red beans and rice on Mondays, black bean soup to begin a Latin-inspired meal, white beans and rice to go along with fried catfish, lima beans smothered with bits of ham to accompany smothered ...

Summers in Texas are a celebration of vegetables and fruits — creating salads out of the rainbow of colors available to us is my favorite way to enjoy them. Roasted squashes, grilled peaches, crisp ...

A. While in this country we primarily grow the purple hyacinth bean for its ornamental value, I've read that the beans are eaten in Asia. When the bean seeds have plumped to full size, the pods are ...

It sure would be hard to explain to any young child why cooking would turn purple beans, such as the variety Royal Burgundy, from purple to green. Which cooking does.You can’t respond by just saying, ...

Beans can seem complicated. They come in different colors — green, yellow and purple are the most common. And in different shapes — round and flat — and different sizes — yard-long and fingernail thin ...

It sure would be hard to explain to any young child why cooking would turn purple beans, such as the variety Royal Burgundy, from purple to green. Which cooking does. You can't respond by just saying, ...