This recipe is a vegetarian spin on shrimp scampi in which meaty, sweet favas replace the similarly charactered crustaceans. A simple treatment–a little garlic, some chile flakes, a good dose of white ...

What’s in season: Known for their buttery, almost earthy notes and vibrant green hue, favas are one of the most prized beans of spring — and one of the most high-maintenance. Fava beans need to be ...

Fava beans, a buttery-tasting legume, have a wide variety of uses: they can be tossed in pasta, grilled to perfection, mashed into a crostini topper, or used in hummus (instead of chickpeas). But with ...

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 ...

To prepare pasta and broad beans, start with the pods of fresh broad beans: open them by breaking the top stem (1), then shell the beans with your hands (2). Once extracted, remove the small growth on ...

This Fava Beans and Green soup can be made with chicken stock and bacon or it can be a vegetarian dish by subbing in vegetable stock. Some of the beans are pureed to create a creamy, comforting soup. ...

Food blogger Adrianna Adarme's fava bean mash ricotta toasts recipe is a simple and easy appetizer from the Fresh Tastes blog. Fill a small saucepan with about 3 inches of water and place the pan over ...

Succotash is one of those dishes that has deep roots in this country’s cuisine, with many variations on the basic combination of corn and lima beans, some made with bacon or bacon fat, some with fresh ...

Soak the dried broad beans in cold water overnight, then drain. The next day, put the soaked beans and the wild fennel (or the soaked fennel seeds) into a pan, add enough water to cover, and bring to ...

Pinto beans, which are commonly used in Mexican cuisine, give an earthy note to the dishes. They are known for their creamy ...

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 ...