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 ...

If I had to power rank spring’s most quintessential legumes, I’d place fava beans at the very top. While fava beans are generally available year-round, their peak season is during the spring, from ...

To prepare pasta and broad beans, start with the pods of fresh broad beans: open them by breaking the top stem (1), then shell the beans with your hands (2). Once extracted, remove the small growth on ...