Peas very well might be my favorite vegetable - they at least make the top five - and with the arrival of spring, fresh peas are available in abundance. While I almost always have a bag of frozen peas ...

English peas, also called garden peas or shelling peas, are the variety you might think of when you imagine traditional peas — the type that is sold frozen and canned. They are round green spheres ...

Peas have a special place in French culture and cuisine. One of the earliest cultivated food crops, they achieved a special status at Versailles in Louis XIV’s court, where peas were considered ...

One of my earliest memories is sitting on the porch beside my mother, shelling peas. I still enjoy finding a sunny spot in our back yard, splitting the pods and marveling at the plump green pearls ...

If you think shelling peas went out with the rotary dial telephone – and besides, who has time? – think again. In a world fast-forwarded to a frenzied state, working your way through a bowl of pea ...

I don’t have a green thumb. I don’t even have a normal thumb. They’re both double-jointed and pop out awkwardly when I try to lift something heavy. But that didn’t stop my grandma from taking me out ...

1. Preheat oven to 450ºF. 2. Prepare an ice water bath. In lightly salted boiling water, add sugar snap peas and cook 2 minutes. Add to ice water until chilled, about 2 minutes. Strain and set aside.

Peas have a special place in French culture and cuisine. One of the earliest cultivated food crops, they achieved a special status at Versailles in Louis XIV’s court, where peas were considered ...

With the arrival of spring, fresh peas are available in abundance. Peas very well might be my favorite vegetable — they at least make the top five — and with the arrival of spring, fresh peas are ...