I’m going to show my Southern roots here a bit. My mom grew up in Southern Arkansas where butter beans and purple hull peas are a typical summer dish, always accompanied by cornbread. Even though they ...

Growing up as a daughter of parents who came of age during the Great Depression and World War II, I found summer to be much more than trips to the lake and July Fourth celebrations. It was the time to ...

I like red beans and rice on Mondays, black bean soup to begin a Latin-inspired meal, white beans and rice to go along with fried catfish, lima beans smothered with bits of ham to accompany smothered ...

The deep purple-burgundy color of the dried hull are what give purple hull peas their common name. A subspecies of the cowpea, purple hull peas have a buttery, earthy flavor and can be used much in ...

One of my favorite springtime rituals is finding purple hull peas at Canino’s — the massive farmers’ market complex on Airline at Loop 610 — and picking up the ingredients for a good, old-fashioned ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - This simple salad is easy to make with the freshest ingredients from your garden or local farmers market.Anything you can’t find grown locally you can likely find at your local ...

Fresh field peas, like the Black-Eyed and prehaps more interestingly, the Purple Hull Pink Eyed pea, debuted at the markets a couple of weeks ago. Black-Eyed and Pink-Eyed peas are a favorite holiday ...

Q: While going to First Monday, in Canton, earlier this fall, we stopped and purchased East Texas purple hull peas (then in season) from a roadside farmers’ market. My question is whether or not these ...

Cornbread is wonderful with Marcelle's Purple Hull Peas. Makes about 6 servings 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 tablespoon butter 1/4 cup chopped ham, tasso or bacon 1/4 cup chopped shallots or scallions ...