A staple of the summer garden, peas are among the easy-to-grow vegetables that'll thrive in shady areas. Lathyrus oleraceus (formerly Pisum sativum) is the scientific name covering several pea ...

English peas, also called garden peas or shelling peas, are the variety you might think of when you imagine traditional peas — the type that is sold frozen and canned. They are round green spheres ...

Fresh peas come in many different forms, from shelled ones to whole versions (some are meant to be eaten pod and all). There ...

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 ...

Sonja Overhiser is a cookbook author and food writer, and founder of the award-winning website A Couple Cooks with her husband Alex. She is author of two cookbooks, A Couple Cooks: 100 Recipes to Cook ...