Peas come in different varieties — with snow peas and sugar snap peas being two popular options that are often confused for one another. Both are moderately sweet legumes that offer an abundance of ...

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 ...

There are three main types of green peas: English, snap, and snow. English Peas: pods are too tough to be edible; peas must be shelled out. Snap Peas: pods are edible with fattened peas inside. Snow ...

It’s time to gather the sweet snap peas right off the vine, then throw them into salads and other dishes. In the 1950s, Dr. Calvin Lamborn was working in Twin Falls, Idaho, doing plant breeding.

Poets and gardeners agree that no flavor better captures spring’s sweet song than that of a perfect English pea. They may well be right, but most of us are just going to have to take their word for it ...

Peas are in the group of foods known as legumes. Legumes are plants that produce pods with seeds, or beans, inside. Other foods in the legume family include lentils, soybeans, chickpeas, and all types ...

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 ...