Think Jack and the Beanstalk. The magic beans that grew overnight into a beanstalk that reached into the clouds were very probably fava beans or, as the English call them, broad beans. Americans, ...

“Is it fava bean season yet?” a friend asked me recently. I told her, “Yes, spring is the moment for fava beans and my garden is full of them, so you can have a bag.” She said, “Good, because I want ...

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 ...

Fava beans make you work. “They’re worth doing yourself if you enjoy repetitive, meditative processes,” said Margo True, with a chuckle from experience. A fava fan and Sunset magazine food editor, ...

Spring beans can be successfully drilled in the autumn without any major dip in yield, which may help overcome a shortage of winter bean seed this coming season. The Processors and Growers Research ...

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From the new “three-crop rule” and poor returns from oilseed rape to blackgrass management on heavy land, a host of factors are driving renewed interest in pulses and spring beans in particular. With ...