Beans are a pantry staple, serving as a wallet-friendly solution to boosting your meals with plant-based protein and nutrients. Among the bean family, fava beans have been celebrated as one of the ...

Nadia Mohd-Radzman is on a mission to get people eating more fava beans for their mental health.Nadia Mohd-Radzman Fava beans contain a chemical called levodopa that can be converted into dopamine. A ...

Question: I am confused about differences in fava bean varieties. What is the difference between fava beans grown for a cover crop and fava beans/broadbeans grown for culinary purposes? Can I grow the ...

The only place I could find fresh fava beans earlier this month was on a small, potted plant at the St. Joseph Day altar at St. Cletus Church in Gretna. I tried, folks. I checked in at farmers markets ...

Myriad plant-based foods are rich in protein, making it easy (and delicious) to diversify your plate. But what are the top ...

While most people have heard the famous line by Hannibal Lecter about fava beans and how nicely they pair with Chianti, these scrumptious beans have only recently began popping up in local produce ...

The quest for happiness has thrown up some mad, bad and frankly rather silly ideas in recent years. Practising yoga with goats. Immersion in huge vats of iced water. Eating only purple foods.

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

THE heady scent of aromatic garlic and rosemary fills the kitchen long before a magnificent roast leg of lamb goes out to the table, and you can picture already all the trimmings of a perfect spring ...

Fresh fava beans — a spring delicacy — have returned to local restaurant menus in sublime specials. Lucia featured a fava bean agnolotti at its grand re-opening last weekend, and Nonna features fusili ...

Fava beans contain a chemical called levodopa that can be converted into dopamine. A scientist is researching the bean to see if it can reduce depression symptoms. Nadia Mohd-Radzman shared her three ...