Are you bored with broccoli? Find yourself craving a vine ripened tomato? Can’t get those visions of simmering butter beans and crowder peas out of your head? And what about that vinegary whiff of ...

We're talking deviled eggs. Cheese dip. Cornbread. Stew. And a salad that masquerades as a dip. Or maybe it's a dip that ...

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, ...

Few things beat down home country-cooking. Purple hull or crowder peas simmering on the stove, okra and tomatoes sizzling in the skillet and corn bread baking in the oven signal that good eating is ...

“IT BETTER WORK, PAULA!” was my editor’s response when I proposed doing black-eyed peas for my Instant Pot recipe this month. All caps, just like that. At first I was confused—of course the recipe ...

My south is the South Bronx, where Southern cooking was not on the menu. Peas were fresh, green, round and came in bright, green pods. When I got sophisticated–that is, when I ventured south–I learned ...

Stephanie Hughes took photos of the emerging crowder peas — a Southern delicacy — that she's attempting to grow in her garden. (Submitted photo) Growing up in the Southern summers, there was one thing ...

Now that school is out and before it gets too hot, this is the time for cooking that gives us maximum flavor and the least amount of work. No matter how much you may enjoy cooking, the call of the ...