Pigeon peas, or as locally known – mbaazi, is a perennial legume that is loved for its nutritional value. Raw, mature green seeds of pigeon peas can be eaten as vegetables but in Kenya, the dry grains ...

For gardeners who lament the arrival of summer because it means pea season is over, consider the venerable pigeon pea -- a hardy perennial that can produce successive harvests during the year. The ...

While in the Bahamas, I tasted a minced lobster dish. Not only was it good, it takes only minutes to make. I used shrimp instead of lobster because it is easy to find. Crab meat also works well with ...

Come winter and the local markets are flooded with a plethora of seasonal delights. From root vegetables such as turnips and greens such as sarson (mustard leaves) to a multitude of legumes and beans, ...

When I first met Florence Warrick-Joseph, there were two things I didn’t know. One, we were related in that pumpkin vine way only Caribbean people can be. Two, the doubles I had just bought from her ...

Adding flour from pigeon peas, one of the world's oldest food crops, could lead to nutritionally enhanced pasta, with quicker cooking times, as well as boosting flavour, according to a joint ...

Pigeon peas are excellent nitrogen fixers and increase the availability of phosphorus bound up with iron in the soil. This benefit alone is a good reason to plant them.Deep-rooting pigeon pea bushes ...

Growing edible crops used to be so hard for Kazy Zanapijo in drought-prone southern Madagascar that she would often have nothing but wild plants and cactuses to feed herself and her children -- until ...