Cook the whole, trimmed runner beans in boiling salted water for 2 minutes and drain. Preheat a barbecue and let it burn down to a medium heat. Brush most of the marinade off the huss pieces. Place ...

I find beans entrancing. Their splendid colours, shapes and shiny skins are jewel-like, beautiful and tactile. There are some recipes in which only dried beans, soaked overnight and cooked from ...

Simon Hopkinson's latest book is an English-looking volume with a Francophile sensibility, inspired by a meal thrown together from leftover... Serves 4, as a light lunch or supper I like the mimicry ...