Cook's notes: Anyone with a salt sensitivity might want to start with half the amount of chicken concentrate. Find rice brand oil, long beans and Asian noodles at Asian import stores. Prepare ...

This easy, Thai-inspired chicken stir-fry makes good use of two favorite summer farmers market finds, basil and chili peppers. (Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS) My kitchen garden is often a ...

Green bean season is shorter than my list of ways to prepare them. Before I can cycle through the dozen or so dishes, it’s time to move on to wintry Brussels sprouts and cabbage. This green bean dish, ...

This easy, Thai-inspired chicken stir-fry makes good use of two favorite summer farmers market finds -- basil and chili peppers. My kitchen garden is often a hit or miss proposition, depending on how ...

Snapped, stir-fried and pickled green beans are back in a big way as cooks bring new energy to one of summer’s most reliable vegetables. With evolving recipe styles, green beans stay in the mix, ...

The aptly named Chinese long bean—also called snake bean or yardlong bean—can be found throughout Chinatown and at a couple enterprising Greenmarket stands. Crunchy and mild, the vegetable’s perfectly ...

Heat a wok, add oil and stir in the mustard seeds. Cover to prevent seeds jumping out of wok. When seeds start to pop add fenugreek leaves, turmeric, garlic and salt. Add beans and stir-fry for 1 ...

Wash the beans, dry them and snip off stem ends. Cut into bite-sized pieces. Heat oil in a wok and fry the ginger and unpeeled garlic clove for 1 minute. Add the beans and stir-fry for 2 minutes on ...

My kitchen garden is often a hit or miss proposition, depending on how hungry the fat (and happy) groundhog who lives under my shed is on any given day or week. But I almost always can count on ...