Peas very well might be my favorite vegetable - they at least make the top five - and with the arrival of spring, fresh peas are available in abundance. While I almost always have a bag of frozen peas ...

One of my earliest memories is sitting on the porch beside my mother, shelling peas. I still enjoy finding a sunny spot in our back yard, splitting the pods and marveling at the plump green pearls ...

The Saturday morning visit to the Edwards Farmers Market is a ritual. I purchase some staples there, but can always be convinced to try something new, too. I was drawn to a big bin of sugar snap peas ...

Peas are an ancient vegetable that most of us grew up dumping from a can or a freezer bag, or taking from the pantry in the form of dried split peas. Shelling peas by hand, it seemed, was too much ...