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 ...

THE heady scent of aromatic garlic and rosemary fills the kitchen long before a magnificent roast leg of lamb goes out to the table, and you can picture already all the trimmings of a perfect spring ...

Fava beans not only signal that spring has arrived; its short season reminds you that life is fleeting, so you better grab it while you can. Fresh fava beans enjoy a brief but tasty life right now.

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: ...

Pasta fave pancetta e pomodorini is this really great spring dish from Lazio that totally captures the essence of Italian ...

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 ...

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: ...

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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 ...

Baby fava beans, bright and shiny, are so sweet and tender you need to rush them right from market to kitchen. Run, don't walk, before the natural sugars inside the tiny beans turn to starch. So says ...

Get a taste of Spring with this easy weeknight pasta: fresh fava beans tossed in a silky smooth Gouda sauce perfectly coating each wheel of Rotelle. Yum. Spring is a still a ways off, but I found some ...