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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You would think that deciding how to cook something as straightforward as a pot of dried beans would be easy. But it sure doesn’t appear so. To soak or not ...

Dried beans are best cooked in a saucepan or pot on top of the stove, in a pressure cooker or in the oven. Microwave ovens are not satisfactory for cooking dried legumes because long, slow simmering ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Green beans are the most popular holiday bean, ...