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 ...

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, ...

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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 ...

“With Italian cooking, the pasta is key,” says Culina chef Victor Casanova. “I try to match the pasta with the sauce and the feel of the dish.” This light, fresh, veggie-packed entrée calls for a ...

Potato salad is the ultimate summer side. If you're hosting a BBQ, pool party or potluck and don't have creamy tater salad on the menu, you're doing it wrong. I grew up loving my Aunt Maureen's ...

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, ...

A few nights ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with one thought in my head. This year, my beloved Papi will not be with us for the Pesach seder. In that strange half-awake moment, I was not ...

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 ...