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 ...

A few weeks ago, a friend gave me some of the first fava beans from his garden. Even though the weather lately has felt dreary and wintry, seeing those favas made me realize that, oh yeah, it’s spring ...

If I had to power rank spring’s most quintessential legumes, I’d place fava beans at the very top. To start, they’re believed to be the first domesticated food crop, with their earliest cultivation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These bright green legumes have a creamy texture and buttery taste. Miguel Perfectti / GETTY IMAGES In the world of legumes, fava ...

I love spring. I love the time change. I love getting off work when there is still daylight to be enjoyed. I also love the colors that spring brings, especially the gorgeous lavender blooms of the ...

Marcia Kiesel, a former Food & Wine test kitchen supervisor, is an experienced chef and recipe developer who graduated from the Culinary Institute of America. She co-authored the cookbook Simple Art ...

Broad beans are the harbingers of spring. Sure, all that podding (and double podding) is fiddly, but the results, we think, are well worth the effort. They work beautifully in spring-ready salads and ...

Fresh fava beans - a spring delicacy - have returned to local restaurant menus in sublime specials. Lucia featured a fava bean agnolotti at its grand re-opening last weekend, and Nonna features fusili ...

Lower growing costs, the opportunity to exploit the break crop effect, and better variety choice are all good reasons to grow spring beans this year. Timely drilling is advised to limit the seasonal ...

If you’ve got hardy greens in your fridge that aren’t getting any younger, blanch and then blend them into a silky-smooth purée that enlivens a simple bowl of beans (you can use this trick to ...