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 ...

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: ...

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: ...

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 ...

Now that we’re in March, the first fava beans of the new season, grown in the warmer parts of California, start arriving in our markets. Within a few weeks locally grown favas will follow in a torrent ...

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 ...

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 ...