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, ...

Sheri shares her delicious recipes for cooking with heirloom field peas. Sheri shares her delicious recipes for cooking with heirloom field peas with an extra helping of her Hoppin’ John Risotto with ...

The time to enjoy Southern peas is finally upon us. Every summer brings forth a plethora of pods filled to the hilt with tiny spheres of different colors. Here is your guide to this iconic Southern ...

Brown Butter Pea-Con ice cream scooped up the win at the 13th annual International Cowpea Festival and Cook-off, held ...

For 30 years, Judy Epps greeted the new year with what she thought were the traditional good-luck foods: Pork, collard greens and black-eyed peas served over rice. “After learning about real hoppin' ...

Every year about this time, Vince Hayward, CEO and fourth-generation owner of L.H. Hayward & Co., gives out bags of red beans and green split peas. The 95-year-old Louisiana company, based just ...

No one knows for sure exactly how Southerners came to eat black-eyed peas for luck on New Year's Day. Many food historians suggest the practice came about during the Civil War when cowpeas and corn ...

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Southern White Acre Peas, a variety of cowpeas, brings to mind warm summer days and farmers' markets overflowing with fresh vegetables. Originally used as food for livestock, these lowly legumes have ...

Split peas look like lentils, but are they? Split peas are a member of the legume family, as are lentils. However, split peas are an actual field pea that is dried. Once dried, the outer skin of the ...