It is pretty hard to get a spring pea out of the garden and into the kitchen. Almost every gardener eats them directly from the vine. But maybe you have more peas than you can possibly eat while you ...

It is prime time for peas, including English or garden peas, which require shelling. Besides their wonderful flavor, English peas are one of the better sources of fresh vegetable protein, with 100 ...

In many parts of the country, fresh spring peas are already in the markets. (The season starts on the West Coast and extends through mid-summer on the East Coast and Midwest.) This is cause for ...

Fresh peas in their pods are one of nature’s limited releases, with a window of availability so fleeting that being in the right place at the right time to buy them is a bona fide thrill. They’re ...

Poets and gardeners agree that no flavor better captures spring’s sweet song than that of a perfect English pea. They may well be right, but most of us are just going to have to take their word for it ...

Editor’s note: This column is prepared by Joan D. Cook, Penn State Family Living Program, answering questions concerning food that Berks Countians have asked the extension office. The telephone number ...

What’s in season: Sugar snap peas, a cross between the English pea and the snow pea developed by a plant breeder named Calvin Lamborn in the 1970s, are also referred to as just “sugar peas.” With a ...

Culinarian James Beard was an early fan of the sugar snap pea. Unlike regular garden peas, which date back to ancient times, the sugar snap is the modern invention of two Montana scientists. When ...

Last week, a friend gleefully brought me 2 pounds of fresh cannellini beans she had gotten at Monterey Market in Berkeley. "They're here at last," she cried, handing me the bag. "I'm going home right ...

These highly sought after Southern peas are a rare find at farmers markets. Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Cat Steele Meet the lady pea, the ultra-luscious Southern legume ...

Halibut is low-fat, firm and full of flavor. That makes the white-fleshed fish a good base for dishes helpful to people watching their fat intake - and this recipe using halibut comes into that ...

If you don't grow English peas in a garden, your best chance of finding good ones is at a farm stand or local farmers market, where you can ask the farmer directly when they were picked. It is ...