Green beans should have a bright, strong colour, with crisp pods with a satin-like sheen. They should not look wilted, discoloured or brown. They are best eaten when young and tender. To tell how ...

Nearly all varieties of green beans feature pods with seeds inside. However, they can come in a range of shapes, sizes, ...

For many modern consumers, the brewing experience consists of taking simply taking a coffee pod and popping it into a machine ...

It is true you can eat broad bean pods as well as the beans? I heard this was possible, but cannot imagine it. Also, how can you tell if broad beans are absolutely fresh when you buy them.

Add enough water to come half way up the beans, some chopped dill leaves and let it simmer gently. Now cover the pan and cook for an hour until the pods are very tender. Leave to cool. Chill ...

Snap bean (Phaseolus ... gene regulating pod width and underscore the utility of PvM436 in marker-assisted selection for snap bean breeding. More information: Kun Xu et al, A single-nucleotide ...

But it’s the Gaggia Magenta Plus which takes our spot for the best value bean-to-cup coffee machine. Functional in both ...

It might be easy to think that coffee beans last forever because they don’t really have an expiration date. But while they might not go bad sitting on your counter, coffee will begin to go stale ...

The simplest option of all when it comes to espresso, is of course a pod machine. The ultimate in both convenience and consistency, they tend to be smaller and cheaper than bean-to-cup machines ...