MR. BEAN

EARLIER THIS YEAR, AS WE WERE SCOOPING up beans in all forms and loading them into our grocery carts, in a flash of synchronicity, Joe Yonan’s Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to the World’s Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein was released. But, as the longtime food editor and author says, “Beans have been cool since way before quarantine.”

Five years in the making, the cookbook’s become a hit. A testament to Yonan’s big love for beans, from the pintos of his West Texas childhood to today’s heirloom varieties, it’s filled with recipes — 125 of them — that run from simple (your new favorite DIY hummus that comes together in the time it takes to open