Broad beans are the harbingers of spring. Sure, all that podding (and double podding) is fiddly, but the results, we think, are well worth the effort. They work beautifully in spring-ready salads and ...

Detail of the flower of the Agua Dulce Broad Bean. Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver is the culmination of some thirty years of first-hand knowledge of growing, tasting and cooking ...

Turn shelled broad bean pods into a quick, bright green and nourishing soup – an ingenious way to use an otherwise unused byproduct Broad bean pods are one of the most under-appreciated edible scraps, ...

THE group of beans is very large and includes broad bean, kidney bean, soy bean and haricot bean, which are well known for their nutritive value. The Vicia Faba is a leguminous vegetable known as ...