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 ...

Favas take time to prepare, so grab a glass of something (perhaps Chianti), sit on the deck or in the yard and decompress. The beans first must be removed from their cozy, down-insulated pods. Then ...

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 ...

Question: I planted fava beans for the first time last fall. Now they are almost 3 feet tall and have giant pods near the bottom and younger pods up the stem. When is the best time to harvest them?

To prepare the fava pod omelette, first remove the string from the fava pods (1). Then blanch them in boiling salted water for about 15 minutes after it starts boiling. Then drain them (3) and let ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. fava beans and pods - Jun Zhang/Getty Images Beans are a pantry staple, serving as a wallet-friendly solution to boosting your ...