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 ...

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo’s new “My Grandmother’s Chinese Kitchen: 100 Family Recipes and Life Lessons” is a beautiful book. As an object, it’s charming, though not in a coffee-table or chef-opus way. The ...

Sometimes, picking a recipe is as easy as this: We all like ingredient X, we all like ingredient Y. Let’s give it a shot! This week, X was ground turkey and Y was green beans. This simple “stir fry” ...

Stir things up in the kitchen with this brand new gluten-free stir fry recipe created by gluten-free chef and food writer Carol Kicinski. Not only is it a healthy weeknight dinner idea, it only ...

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, ...

½ pound green beans, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces Instructions: Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the green beans and cook for 2 minutes, until crisp-tender. Drain ...

Quick, easy and amazing stir fry is a great idea for dinner. The one trick with doing any kind of stir fry is having everything ready to cook. The chicken velveting is the key to this stir fry really ...

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 oils in wok and stir fry garlic and beef in batches until beef is browned. Add onion and bamboo shoots and stir fry for 2 minutes. Return beef to wok with sprouts, stir in sauce and stock and ...

Save money on dinner by beefing up (pun intended) ground beef portions with the help of one affordable, delicious, and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...