Peas have a special place in French culture and cuisine. One of the earliest cultivated food crops, they achieved a special status at Versailles in Louis XIV’s court, where peas were considered ...

It’s pretty hard to wreck a sugar snap pea unless you overcook them. They’re best raw or just barely blanched. The two methods preferred by most chefs are to either quickly stir-fry them in a bit of ...

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 ...

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 ...

This week's look at what's new, bountiful or mysterious in the produce aisles. "Sugar Snap Peas." What a fitting name for something that's so sweet and so audibly snappy (it crunches when snapped in ...