Risotto with mussels, fava beans, and pecorino is a refined first course that plays on a balance between different contrasts: sea and land, sweetness and savoriness, creaminess and freshness. Fava ...

Fava beans planted in late summer will be ready to harvest in the late fall or can be used as a cover crop. Question: I would like to try growing fava beans but don’t know much about them. I’ve only ...

Ever notice how one oddball ingredient seems to become an overnight sensation in the food world? For the past few years fava (pronounced FAH-vah) beans have been popping up in all the trendy New York ...

Pinto beans and cornbread are always on the menu at Zarzour's Cafe on Rossville Avenue. Owner Shannon Fuller says they make four pounds of pintos every day. Beans have been a staple at Zarzour's Cafe ...

Imagine: It's the dead of winter and you want to make a hearty bean soup, but the grocery store is closed. All you have left in your cabinet are some canned beans. Will they work? Or do you heat up a ...

Fava beans, also called broad beans, have been grown by humans for around 10,000 years in Israel. They are widely used in Egyptian, Iranian, North African, and Middle Eastern cuisines. But I was ...

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 ...

There is a lot of bean cooking lore out there. Some of it good advice, and some of it bad. From the ongoing debate about soaking beans, to whether adding salt to beans before they're soft makes them ...