Preparing fresh fava beans is worth the effort. (Ben Mims / Los Angeles Times) Preparing fresh fava beans is tedious, I won’t lie. But if you tackle the process separately from cooking with them for a ...

There’s nothing quite like going to the farmers market in the spring. The deep-green kales and purple beets take a back seat to bushels overflowing with verdant green vegetables; fresh herbs stacked ...

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

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: ...

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 ...

Fava Beans are in season right now, and people are often stumped on how to cook them. Basically, fava beans are like a sweeter, creamier version of lima beans or peas. They are bright green when ...

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 ...

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 ...

To prepare pasta and broad beans, start with the pods of fresh broad beans: open them by breaking the top stem (1), then shell the beans with your hands (2). Once extracted, remove the small growth on ...

Preparing fresh fava beans is tedious, I won’t lie. But if you tackle the process separately from cooking with them for a meal, you’ll find the work worth the effort. Most traditional preparation ...