MY KITCHEN IN SPAIN

  Are you one of those people who always keeps a packet of peas in the freezer? Ready to hand for a quick side dish or addition to soup or s...

  Garden fava beans. A heap of fava beans landed on my kitchen table, picked by Ben from the kitchen garden. A little later, a handful of sh...

Springtime vegetable cornucopia. At the market, a heap of peas in their pods drew me in. Now that I have no vegetable garden (lamentably, du...

Let there be peas! Garden peas, almost ready for picking. And, glory be, so it has come to pass. Sweet garden peas. At first, jus...

Last week I was at the top of the fava bean season (see the previous blog posting for a couple of recipes). This week it’s peas, sweet ...