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 Central Italy, flatbread recipes really take on a fresh twist with fava beans and sautéed zucchini. Seriously good stuff.

Fava beans have been savored for millennia: mashed with spices in the Middle East, puréed with chicory in Southern Italy, smoked with pork in Northern Europe, fermented into paste in China, fried for ...

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 ...

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: ...

For a refreshing salad, cook broad beans until tender but still firm to bite. Toss them with chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Drizzle with lemon juice and olive oil dressing ...

Growing fava beans (Vicia faba), also known as broad beans, is a remarkably rewarding experience in the vegetable garden. This cool-season legume is a culinary knockout not only for its delicious, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fava beans contain a chemical called levodopa that can be converted into dopamine. A scientist is researching the bean to see if it can reduce depression symptoms. Nadia Mohd-Radzman shared her three ...

In St. Helena, fields of fava beans surround us, but hardly anyone pays attention to them — except the vineyard managers who plant them as cover crop between the rows of grapevines. They like the fava ...