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 ...

They're only in season for about six weeks, and that time is now. Buy your fava beans at farmers markets while you still can. Here's what to do with them next.

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 ...

Add the fava beans and one-half teaspoon salt and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in the chopped lettuce and cook for 2 more minutes. Pour the beans and lettuce into a colander, drain and set aside.

Dried Fava Beans While fresh fava beans are only available seasonally, you can buy dried fava beans, both whole and split, year round.

Dried Fava Beans While fresh fava beans are only available seasonally, you can buy dried fava beans, both whole and split, year-round.

Fava Beans, or Broad Beans, aren’t very popular these days, but we think it’s time to bring it back! Here’s how to cook Fava Beans at home.

Fava or broad beans are flat, nutritious legumes that contain protein, fiber and iron. Most recipes call for fresh fava beans, something that can be hard to find without a trip to a farmers market ...

Every cook has certain tedious kitchen tasks that he or she doesn’t mind, along with those that make him want to scream. I can stand in front of a pot of bubbling beans for hours, stirring aw… ...

What’s more labor-intensive than fresh favas? First you shuck the pods — big and green and delicately fuzzy — to get just a few beans out of each one.

Dried Fava Beans While fresh fava beans are only available seasonally, you can buy dried fava beans, both whole and split, year-round.