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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

Fava beans may seem intimidating, but chefs Tom Douglas and Thierry Rautureau offer tips to make them more enjoyable, and how to pair them with salmon. “A pound of fava beans will get you, probably, a ...

Strainer or sieve: Use a fine-mesh sieve or a basic kitchen strainer (the liner of a salad spinner also works) to rinse and ...

They are nutty. They are creamy. They are so different from any other bean out there. And they are in season right now. They are lovely when simply sautéed or when used in risottos, dips or pastas.

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 ...

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 ...