A couple of weeks ago, I experienced a revelation: I tasted my first pea shoot. I was at the Little Italy Mercato farmers' market in San Diego, buying Asian produce from the Vangs, also known as Mr.

Lettuce, cucumber, tomato, and a splash of red wine vinegar. That was the salad of my youth. My father was a child of the Depression, and I remember his Victory Garden along the back of our yard. He ...

Pea shoots, a newer ingredient showing up in farmers' markets across America, have long been prominent in other cultures, like Asian cuisine. With tendrils in the shape of curly-cues and leaves soft ...

This week's look at what's new, bountiful or mysterious in the produce aisles. Pea shoots are simply the precursors to snow peas and other garden peas. (Beware the shoots of the flowering sweet pea ...