In the world of legumes, fava beans stand out. They are the oldest variety; there's evidence of fava bean cultivation as long as 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. They stand out visually, too: ...

In the world of legumes, fava beans stand out. They are the oldest variety; there's evidence of fava bean cultivation as long as 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. They stand out visually, too: ...

Answering a popular reader question, with a few tips and recipes. By Tejal Rao Most mornings, a ruby-throated hummingbird hunts in the shade outside my office window, vibrating noisily as he zigzags ...

Get a taste of Spring with this easy weeknight pasta: fresh fava beans tossed in a silky smooth Gouda sauce perfectly coating each wheel of Rotelle. Yum. Spring is a still a ways off, but I found some ...

Fresh fava–also called faba–beans in Spain. The season for harvesting fresh faba beans in this region lasts from September into November. “People avoid faba beans in cooking and in the food industry ...

Sautéed rice with tuna? It's that dish that mixes different flavors and textures, making it a favorite for relaxed spring ...

The only place I could find fresh fava beans earlier this month was on a small, potted plant at the St. Joseph Day altar at St. Cletus Church in Gretna. I tried, folks. I checked in at farmers markets ...

If you ever find yourself in Southern Italy, you'll quickly notice that tuna-stuffed lettuce rolls are a local favorite.

Note: To prepare fava beans in the pod, bring a small pot of water to a boil. Shell the fava beans by snapping off the tip of each pod and pressing at the seam to open the pods. Pop out the beans with ...

Baby fava beans, bright and shiny, are so sweet and tender you need to rush them right from market to kitchen. Run, don't walk, before the natural sugars inside the tiny beans turn to starch. So says ...

Think Jack and the Beanstalk. The magic beans that grew overnight into a beanstalk that reached into the clouds were very probably fava beans or, as the English call them, broad beans. Americans, ...