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 ...

One of my earliest memories is sitting on the porch beside my mother, shelling peas. I still enjoy finding a sunny spot in our back yard, splitting the pods and marveling at the plump green pearls ...

Peas very well might be my favorite vegetable - they at least make the top five - and with the arrival of spring, fresh peas are available in abundance. While I almost always have a bag of frozen peas ...

The Saturday morning visit to the Edwards Farmers Market is a ritual. I purchase some staples there, but can always be convinced to try something new, too. I was drawn to a big bin of sugar snap peas ...

Peas have a special place in French culture and cuisine. One of the earliest cultivated food crops, they achieved a special status at Versailles in Louis XIV’s court, where peas were considered ...

Peas are an ancient vegetable that most of us grew up dumping from a can or a freezer bag, or taking from the pantry in the form of dried split peas. Shelling peas by hand, it seemed, was too much ...