Snap beans, green beans, string beans and wax beans all refer to the same vegetable: Phaseolus vulgaris. I find the name green beans limiting, since the pods also come in beautiful dark purple and wax beans are yellow. Hence, I prefer to call them snap beans, a name that refers to the sound made by […]
Italian cooking
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The Joy of Handmade Pasta
Editor’s note: The Journal’s website is a treasure trove of recipes to explore while you shelter in place. This week we’ve plucked a Simona Carini’s simple, three-ingredient homemade pasta from the stash (May 23, 2013), as comforting to eat as it is meditative to make. In the beginning there is flour and water. Make the […]