If you don't have leftover ham, you can easily use pre-diced store-bought ham, which is what I use the rest of the year. After some chopping of veggies, you stir and cook. You can literally prep this ...

As the cold and rainy weather lingers on and on (and on), nothing seems to warm me up more than a comforting soup. This yellow split pea and carrot soup is my antidote to chilly weather. I add an ...

Life can have unexpected twists, as Veronica Musie has certainly learned. An Eritrean by birth, raised in Addis Ababa in neighboring Ethiopia, a geology student in college, and now a U.S. citizen, she ...

1) Place the large ham bone in your pressure cooker and cover with cold water. I use the bone from a Sunday ham that was served for dinner. 2) Place the lid on your pressure cooker and pressure cook ...

Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their ...

Split pea soup was a regular in the rotation at our house when I was growing up. My mom always made it with a ham bone, just to wring the last bit of value and flavor from a leftover before throwing ...

Frozen peas are one of those foods that I always have on hand. They’re quick and easy to prepare, and can slip into almost any dish to add a pop of color. And, unless you’ve got access to just-picked ...

For many, this traditional Quebec soup brings back memories of the good old days. To develop our best recipe to date, we replaced pork lard with bacon and used a soaking technique that makes the peas ...

These highly sought after Southern peas are a rare find at farmers markets. Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Cat Steele Meet the lady pea, the ultra-luscious Southern legume ...

Let’s talk about yellow split peas. Not the kind of talk where we politely nod and smile at their nutritional value. No, this is a heart-to-heart, a love-hate saga of culinary suspense. If you have ...