In this country, the green bean is often relegated to wallowing in swampy mushroom-soup casseroles or swimming in vinegar as part of three-bean salads. Yet the green bean, one of several bean ...

I baked a lot of cookies for my newspaper’s annual holiday cookie contest and my kitchen floor isn’t the only thing that ended up a sweet and sticky mess. My palate, after baking and tasting a dozen ...

The Sichuan technique of dry-frying adds life to Thanksgiving vegetables often weighted in a rich casserole. (Silvia Razgova / For The Times; prop styling by Kate Parisian) The Sichuan technique of ...

I baked a lot of cookies for my newspaper’s annual holiday cookie contest and my kitchen floor isn’t the only thing that ended up a sweet and sticky mess. My palate, after baking and tasting a dozen ...

Whether you like green beans snappy and fresh or braised and tender, you'll love one of these 10 recipes. Serious Eats / Diana Chistruga When I think of must-have Thanksgiving recipes, green bean ...

Dry-fried green beans is a popular dish in many Chinese restaurants—and at home. When I make the green beans, I add a small amount of ground pork, which caramelizes with the aromatics to create ...

This easy recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks, “Chinese Soul Food” by Hsiao-Ching Chou, involves blistering green beans using a shallow frying method called gan bian, or “dry-frying.” Because you ...

Sichuan Dry-Fried Green Beans are a fast and easy addition to the dinner table. (Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS) Gretchen McKay ...