Field peas are the South's most varied legume, but many cooks never venture past black-eyed peas and might not realize there are other choices. We should, however. Although black-eyed peas are good, ...

Call them the South's delicious little secret. Lady, Pink-Eye, Zipper and Dixie Lee are just a few of the members of a large legume family variously known as Southern peas, cowpeas or field peas.

Peas that have been canned or frozen are vastly inferior to a freshly harvested springtime pea. They might as well be completely unrelated vegetables. When people first try the fresh ones, they ...

Peas belong to the same family as beans and lentils. They are set apart by their common usage. Most peas that are sold fresh are also available in their dried form. Dried peas are sometimes also ...

Remember the pease porridge of the nursery rhyme? It was real stuff, a staple of the Middle Ages. Cooked, dried field peas nourished villages and armies. In some parts of the world, this high-protein ...

Southern White Acre Peas, a variety of cowpeas, brings to mind warm summer days and farmers' markets overflowing with fresh vegetables. Originally used as food for livestock, these lowly legumes have ...

SHORTER, Ala. — Eating a bowl of black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is not the nation’s sexiest food ritual. Peas are not as beloved as Thanksgiving turkey. Peas lack the easy appeal of Super Bowl ...

Emerald green and tender, yet with a gentle crunch, garden peas can be so delightful when fresh — and so disappointing when not. Try them now in... Spring's little green garden peas were nearly done ...