Most bean plants are relegated to rows or patches in the vegetable garden. Although they are tasty and healthful, when it comes to looks, well, they didn’t win that lottery. However, the scarlet ...

Simon Hopkinson's latest book is an English-looking volume with a Francophile sensibility, inspired by a meal thrown together from leftover... Serves 4, as a light lunch or supper I like the mimicry ...

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DARWIN directed attention to the slight asymmetry the petal growth of the scarlet-runner bean, Phasiolus multiftorus, that offered advantage to the bee for more easily reaching the nectar on that side ...