Fava Beans

Cannes: 6 Things to know about Ryan Gosling's 'Only God Forgives'

2013-05-22 01:14:00

CANNES -- The Ryan Gosling-Nicolas Refn collaboration “Only God Forgives” premieres to the media at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday morning before playing in a public gala Wednesday night. The movie, which reunites the star and...

At Cliff's Edge, Vartan Abgaryan's fava hummus with tahini waffles, and ramps galore

2013-05-14 08:06:00

Vartan Abgaryan has been executive chef at Cliff's Edge in Silver Lake since late last year when he took over the kitchen at the dreamy neighborhood spot on Sunset Boulevard. Abgaryan, a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, worked at Andre Soltner's Lutece in...

Recipe: Crisp-Skinned Salmon With Summer Succotash and Creamed Corn

2013-04-30 16:34:00

Note: Thomas Keller of the French Laundry in Yountville is one of America's greatest chefs in addition to being a Food section columnist. This recipe is an example of how sometimes it is the simplest things that elevate a dish from good to great. Its...

Talking organic gardening, compost (and rats!) with Christy Wilhelmi

2013-04-11 18:33:00

In my Spreecast with organic gardener Christy Wilhelmi, author of the new book "Gardening for Geeks," I learned a lot: that white mildew can be treated with lactic acid, that you should never buy tall vegetable seedlings at the nursery and that...

A fresh approach with Parmesan broth

2013-04-13 00:00:00

The best thing I've made with Parmesan broth recently was a kind of cross between a stew and a pasta that paired goat cheese ravioli and spring vegetables. I used asparagus tips and sugar snap peas for this recipe, but I've also made similar dishes with...

'Vegetable Literacy' by Deborah Madison

2013-04-09 13:53:00

For many of us, our experience with vegetables centers on buying them at the grocery store or farmers market. And as fresh-from-the-field as those might be, they are already removed from branches, vines or roots and often trimmed of leaves, stems or...

Dim sum crawl; beer dinner at Muddy Leek; Mignon wine dinner

2013-04-09 14:52:00

Dim Sum Crawl: Chinatown’s Dim Sum Crawl is scheduled to take place on April 18 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The crawl will include dim sum from four different restaurants, including Empress Pavilion, Mandarin Chateau, Hop Woo and Plum Tree Inn, and...

5 Questions for Crossroads' Tal Ronnen

2013-04-08 10:13:00

Tal Ronnen is executive chef and founder of Crossroads, the new vegan restaurant on Melrose Avenue. He's also the author of the New York Times bestseller "The Conscious Cook" and has a following of famous fans, including Oprah Winfrey. Ronnen graduated...

The great fava bean debate of 2013 continues

2013-04-08 12:36:00

Sometimes the smallest thing can arouse the most passion. Last month I wrote a Daily Dish post about my fava bean harvest. I measured how many pods I harvested and what that worked out to in double-peeled beans (8 pounds turned into 3 cups). I thought...

NBC hopes crime thriller fans will eat 'Hannibal' up

2013-04-02 06:00:00

You just can't keep a good cannibal down. More than three decades after he first murdered and chomped his way to pop culture infamy, sophisticated serial murderer Hannibal Lecter is back, alive and well-fed. And although he has gone from the big...

5 Questions for Border Grill's Mary Sue Milliken

2013-03-25 08:00:00

Mary Sue Milliken is half of the power duo behind the Border Grill restaurants, food trucks and prepared foods. Milliken and business partner Susan Feniger started the gourmet Mexican food movement in Los Angeles after learning recipes and techniques...

The incredible shrinking fava bean

2013-03-18 10:49:00

Fava beans are my kind of vegetable to grow – you put the seeds in the ground and, with hardly any further effort, wind up with a forest of plants (I grew these this year). But then, of course, you have to peel them. Every rose has its thorn. My...

For spring, in Locust Point is serving braised pork cheeks with ramp puree, fava beans, marble potatoes and a tamarind glaze.

2013-04-29 08:18:00

Timothy Dyson at is serving a morel and fava pot pie with a light bourbon-scented porcini cream sauce and ramps.

2013-04-29 07:28:00

Day-fresh handmade mozzarella, Fratelli Galloni prosciutto di Parma with spring fava beans and Fran's grissini.

2013-04-11 00:00:00