Every week, we’re spotlighting a different food blogger who’s shaking up the blogosphere with tempting recipes and knockout photography. Below, Jodi Moreno of What’s Cooking Good Looking breaks out a ...

When I make Greek fava at home, I do something annoying. As I dip my spoon in to check that it is done, I often take a bite, then another, then another, staring off into the distance at the stove. I ...

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A Taste of Greece’s Healthiest Tradition Fava is one of Greece’s most beloved dishes—a creamy, sun-colored dip made from yellow split peas, olive oil, lemon, and simple vegetables. Though often ...

Q I've been using a lot of dried legumes in my cooking lately, but I am stumped by one kind -- yellow peas. What can I do with them? A Whole yellow peas (botanic name, Pioum sativum) and split yellow ...

INGREDIENTS: • 1 cup yellow split peas (chana dal), picked over for stones • 1 tablespoon coriander seeds • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds • 4 fresh green Thai, cayenne or serrano chiles, stems removed, ...

This soup might be simple, but wow, is it delicious! Split pea soup has been a New England favorite for ages, made with dried split peas and either a ham hock or some leftover ham. You can blend it up ...

As the cold and rainy weather lingers on and on (and on), nothing seems to warm me up more than a comforting soup. This yellow split pea and carrot soup is my antidote to chilly weather. I add an ...

Place the eggs in a large pan with cool water to boil. In the meantime, in a medium sauce pan wash the yellow split peas and put 4 cups of water, half chopped onion, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp cumin and 1 ...

1. In a bowl, soak the split peas overnight in water to cover by 2 inches (not the measured water). Drain and rinse thoroughly. 2. Tip the split peas into a medium flameproof casserole. Add the 3 1/2 ...

A version of this post first appeared on Beth Fortune’s Open Salon blog. “So, now that you, you know, got cancer, do you think you’ll switch to a macrobiotic diet?” a friend asked me. Shit, I thought.