Field peas are the South's most varied legume, but many cooks never venture past black-eyed peas and might not realize there are other choices. We should, however. Although black-eyed peas are good, ...

During the years I lived in the mid-Atlantic, when I responded to the region’s summer heat with inexhaustible strings of choice words, it helped to remember that my most beloved summer crop, a little ...

Raw field peas used for a dish involving mustard greens in smoky potlicker with thin and crispy cornbread, in Tuskegee. Black-eyed peas may be customary for New Year's Day, but field peas help sustain ...

Throughout this year, a group of farmers in the northern Mallee have been trying to find a decent legume break crop. Traditionally these types of crops have been avoided because they struggle to grow ...

Field peas are cowpeas, so named because they were grown as a rotational crop in the fields instead of in kitchen gardens. Dozens of different types—what we now call heirloom selections—were grown in ...

SHORTER, Ala. — Eating a bowl of black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is not the nation’s sexiest food ritual. Peas are not as beloved as Thanksgiving turkey. Peas lack the easy appeal of Super Bowl ...

SHORTER, Ala. — Eating a bowl of black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is not the nation’s sexiest food ritual. Peas are not as beloved as Thanksgiving turkey. Peas lack the easy appeal of Super Bowl ...