Then there’s Rinus VeeKay – who proudly admits he’s full of beans. Coffee beans, that is. It’s rare that the Netherlands native isn’t found without a cup of coffee in his hands ...

They are also good for flavouring meat stews or lamb dishes. Egyptian ful medames is a dish of cooked broad beans (a small dried variety called ‘ful’) flavoured with garlic and lemon.

Good and Gather canned green beans were recalled over potential contamination with a foreign object. Del Monte Foods has ...