Challenged with fermented black beans, Barrelhouse Flat bartender Dan Smith initially confused them with natto, Japanese fermented soybeans, a past challenge ingredient. Fermented black beans turned ...

Chinese fermented black beans – known in Cantonese as dou si – are powerful little umami bombs that add an intense, rich savouriness to whatever they are cooked with. They are made from soybeans, ...

In the selection of specialty coffees, those that score above 80 points in blind tests are free of physical and sensory defects. Greenish-colored beans are known to give the drink an astringent taste, ...

As a kid in Oklahoma, I often spent my Labor Day picking green beans and sweet corn from our 1-acre country garden and thought "labor" was this holiday's operative word. It wasn't until I was older ...