Poets and gardeners agree that no flavor better captures spring’s sweet song than that of a perfect English pea. They may well be right, but most of us are just going to have to take their word for it ...

Traditional English peas in the pod are one of the most vexing vegetables around. When they’re good, they are unbelievably, head-shakingly, close-your-eyes-in-wonder good. But the other 98% of the ...

Instructions: Remove and discard the stem end and string from each sugar snap pod. Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the sugar snap peas, salt and pepper and saute, ...

First published Tuesday, June 19, 2007: Compared with fresh garden peas that must be shelled, sugar snap peas are a vegetable of convenience, thanks to their edible pods. Just pinch off the stem end ...

Jim Dixon wrote about food for WW for more than 20 years, but these days most of his time is spent at his olive oil-focused specialty food business Wellspent Market. Jim’s always loved to eat, and he ...

When I was coming up with today’s recipe, it actually started out as blistered green beans. Unfortunately, the green bean selection at my grocery store was, shall we say, less than appealing. The ...

Sugar snap peas hold true to their name; they are both sweet and crunchy. Sugar snap peas are members of the legume family. While all beans, including peas, grow in pods, sugar snap peas do not ...

Perhaps more than any other item sold at local Greenmarkets, sugar snap peas attract clusters of light-fingered fans who compulsively nibble the crunchy pods, taking the French name for these sweet ...

oets and gardeners agree that no flavor better captures spring’s sweet song than that of a perfect English pea. They might be right, but most of us are just going to have to take their word for it. A ...

Editor's note: An oldie, but goodie Go Ask Mom recipe. My older daughter found this recipe at Harris Teeter, showed it to me and then asked nicely, "you HAVE to make this." (Emphasis all hers.) Other ...