Heritage grains are gaining popularity for their flavor, nutrition, and versatility. Learn how to easily cook them at home.

Grains are the quiet backbone of satisfying meals—nutty, chewy, soothing, and endlessly adaptable. If rice and pasta are your defaults, these eight whole grains offer fresh textures and deeper flavor ...

A side of rice or whole grains goes great with almost any meal, but it can be time-consuming to cook an entire batch on a weeknight. That’s where your pressure cooker comes in. With these instructions ...

I'll admit, I'm not the best at cooking rice. Like many cooks, I find the supposedly-simple dish tricky to perfect. But there are two rules I learned early on: keep the lid on at all times and measure ...

Bouncy, chewy barley; springy, fluffy quinoa; and sourly tangy rye berries: Grains of all shapes, sizes and hues can add deep flavor and lively textures to every meal. You might think that cooking ...

Boiling rice like pasta—then draining it—is a long-used cooking technique, especially for dishes that require precise control over texture. To understand what this method actually changes, I cooked ...

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We tested six methods for cooking rice and this one was the surprising winner. All six methods started with the same prep — rinsing and soaking the rice for 30 minutes — to remove surface starch and ...

While dining out during a recent trip, I noticed that the restaurants had several dishes where beans and grains were mentioned in the item’s name or description. Looking at some old menus in my ...