If you’re not from the Middle East, the idea of eating a bowl of stewed fava beans for breakfast might not strike your fancy, at least at first glance. But plenty of cultures start their day with ...

Fava beans contain a chemical called levodopa that can be converted into dopamine. A scientist is researching the bean to see if it can reduce depression symptoms. Nadia Mohd-Radzman shared her three ...

When you have fresh produce at the peak of its season — like the delicious yet underrated fava bean — you don't need to do anything fancy to improve it. Executive chef Mark Richardson of Seasons ...

This recipe is a vegetarian spin on shrimp scampi in which meaty, sweet favas replace the similarly charactered crustaceans. A simple treatment–a little garlic, some chile flakes, a good dose of white ...

Spanish manchego tops this simple pasta of Moroccan merguez sausage and fresh fava beans inspired by the western Mediterranean. If you can’t find merguez, substitute with sweet or spicy Italian ...

Food blogger Adrianna Adarme's fava bean mash ricotta toasts recipe is a simple and easy appetizer from the Fresh Tastes blog. Fill a small saucepan with about 3 inches of water and place the pan over ...

The only place I could find fresh fava beans earlier this month was on a small, potted plant at the St. Joseph Day altar at St. Cletus Church in Gretna. I tried, folks. I checked in at farmers markets ...

Quick fava beans -- that's an oxymoron, as my friend Debbie likes to say. It's true that shelling fava beans and then blanching them to remove their outer skin is time-consuming. And after all that, ...

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 ...

Nadia Mohd-Radzman is on a mission to get people eating more fava beans for their mental health.Nadia Mohd-Radzman Fava beans contain a chemical called levodopa that can be converted into dopamine. A ...