My pea plants didn’t produce as much as I’d hoped for this year (see: brown thumb) but that’s OK. I live here, where there’s a farmers market on every corner. (Well, almost.) The last couple weeks ...

Spring's little green garden peas were nearly done in by the tin can. Their unfortunate incarceration rendered them drab, mush and bleak. They tasted of the tinny can, if anything at all. Brilliant, ...

Now is the time to embrace the emerald green wonders of spring: Sweet peas. Fresh, sweet green peas are one of the few vegetables found only in their brief season. Beyond spring, fresh pod peas (aka ...

If you can't get your hands on fresh peas at your local grocer, follow this chef's advice and buy them for a bit extra instead.

In many parts of the country, fresh spring peas are already in the markets. (The season starts on the West Coast and extends through mid-summer on the East Coast and Midwest.) This is cause for ...

There are two main types of peas: edible pea pods, such as green beans and sugar snap peas, and inedible pods, such as fava beans and English peas. From a simple scientific point of view, it’s all ...

Don't know about your garden, but seems like those feathery green tendrils have climbed the trellis and are almost ready to pick in mine. There's enough peas for only one meal – maybe two – and the ...

Peas are an ancient vegetable that most of us grew up dumping from a can or a freezer bag, or taking from the pantry in the form of dried split peas. Shelling peas by hand, it seemed, was too much ...

Now is the time to embrace the emerald green wonders of spring: Sweet peas. Fresh, sweet green peas are one of the few vegetables found only in their brief season. Beyond spring, fresh pod peas (aka ...