Meaty portobellos are especially good for adding substance and flavor to this soup, but shiitakes or other mushrooms will work well, too. You can also add a ham hock to the pot while the split peas ...

Apparently, Britain has fallen out of love with peas. Data from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs show that the average Briton consumed just 37g of peas per week last year, down ...

This winning entry for the Salon Kitchen Challenge — in which we asked readers to share their favorite recipes for peas — comes to us courtesy of Felicia Lee. I hate peas. I hate how their tough, ...

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 ...

When you think of all the healthy and delicious vegetables out there, you probably don’t think much about peas. They show up in so many dishes, but they aren’t ...

You may be shocked to learn that I don’t read every single book for my book club meetings and it’s usually because I’m reading other things. I need at least half an hour of quiet reading every morning ...

I have a major pet peeve about mushy split peas. Split peas and lentils tend to get overcooked. Once I figured out that they don’t need to reach the State of Horrifyingly Mushy, my legume cookery ...

Sometimes I get the feeling that too many people eat black-eyed peas annually — on New Year’s Day. While I love the Southern tradition of black-eyed peas and rice (hoppin’ John), often eaten with ...

Fresh peas are spring's synonym for youth and newness. But for years, they were simply too tiny -- and their availability too brief in season -- to matter in most markets. For a long time, I thought ...

The next time someone tells you to mind your p’s and q’s, tell them you wouldn’t mind some p’s at all — or peas. Peas are one of the many foods that come into season during spring. Growing up, they ...