Sometimes the smallest thing can arouse the most passion. Last month I wrote a Daily Dish post about my fava bean harvest. I measured how many pods I harvested and what that worked out to in ...

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.

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 ...

Larger beans - they run anywhere from 4 to 13 inches long - may be starchier, which means slightly more cooking time to tenderize. But before you go through the trouble (drumroll, please), it's ...

Cook Your Dried Beans With Citrus Peel. A.A. Newton March 1, 2021 Credit: Azra H - Shutterstock. A ... Cooking dried beans isn’t quite as convenient as cracking open a can, ...

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Bring a saucepan of water to boil and add the peeled beans. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes until the beans are soft and mushy, then season.

If our preferences vary, our preparations won’t. We’ll all have to peel the pods (press along the seam and split it open), and then boil the beans for 30 seconds to remove the skins. When choosing ...

These tender little beans are one of springtime's sweetest pleasures, but peeling them is a pain. So stop doing it. Plus, recipes for fava beans braised with pancetta and olive oil, Middle Eastern ...

Unzip the pod by pulling its stem down the back, splitting the pod open in two halves. Working over a bowl, use your thumb to push the beans out. Once the beans are out of their pods, you have two ...