Fava Beans are in season right now ... like these others from my family recipe vaults: Pasta With Zucchini Flowers Recipe ...

The St. Joseph Altar is decorated with breads, desserts, flowers, fruits, fava beans and grains for the Feast of St. Joseph celebrated on March 19.

Fava beans, the large flat seeds of a flowering plant that are commonly known as broad beans, were relatively plentiful and inexpensive through much of history. As food historian Ken Albala put it ...