From Provence comes one of my favorite dishes: greens served with chickpeas and bathed in a garlicky vinaigrette, one of the many ways greens and beans are combined in dishes around the world.

Buy: Dried pulses, Seeds, Vegetables, Spices, Lentils, beans, Chick peas, Mung beans.

In Guangdong province, the dumplings are filled with five-spice coated fatty pork and plenty of mungbeans cooked inside the rice. Often, traditional cooks also add a whole salted egg yolk.