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 ...

These bright green legumes have a creamy texture and buttery taste. In the world of legumes, fava beans stand out. They are ...

NEW YORK — Back home in Ecuador, Narell Vasquez was used to eating beans. Upon immigrating to New York, she noticed incorporating beans into everyday meals was not as easy as in her home country. Fava ...

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 away ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...