The arrival of fava beans ranks right up there with beautiful blooms and warmer weather among our reasons to anticipate ...

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 ...

Spanish manchego tops this simple pasta of Moroccan merguez sausage and fresh fava beans inspired by the western Mediterranean. If you can’t find merguez, substitute with sweet or spicy Italian ...

Quick fava beans -- that's an oxymoron, as my friend Debbie likes to say. It's true that shelling fava beans and then blanching them to remove their outer skin is time-consuming. And after all that, ...

This season's best soup recipes include refreshing chilled pea soup, earthy scallion-mushroom soup, a stew full of spring ...

This luxurious composed salad from Fiorella Butron, the culinary director of Sonoma’s Stone Edge Farm Estate Vineyards & Winery and its EDGE restaurant, combines two early-spring favorites — asparagus ...

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 ...

Serves 6. Recipe is by Teresa B. Day. 2 pounds lamb loin chops 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon cumin 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, minced 1 tablespoon fresh oregano, minced ...

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 ...

I had no idea that on the day my husband, Marvin, walked in from his garden with a handful of the first fava beans of the season, that we would be eating them at almost every meal for a long time. Now ...

Instructions: Bring a large pan of cold salted water to a boil, add beans, and cook until tender but firm, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain, refresh in ice-cold water, and rub off thin skins. In a medium bowl, ...