Black-eyed peas -- the legume, not will.i.am and company -- may be best known as a lucky food to eat for New Year's Day. As ...

Americans eat black-eyed peas for New Year's to bring about good fortune in the coming year. But that's the short answer. The long one involves a shared family tradition that celebrates the legume ...

Among these customs, eating black-eyed peas stands out as a culinary ritual deeply rooted in Southern culture and folklore. Whether served in stews, casseroles or salads, these legumes are more ...

And she’s now campaigning to rename cowpeas “African peas.” Such a rebranding, she argues, is a long-overdue recognition that the black-eyed pea and its many cousins came from the African co ...

Along with the veggies, spices and of course black-eyed peas, all of which I’d read about ... who can forget Scarlett wearing her black widow’s dress and long veil as she breaks convention ...

In the American South, however, there is really only one way to ring in the new year: a warm bowl of black-eyed peas. The hearty ... one's doorstep should have dark hair or dark features.