They sounded interesting - a little bit like a black-eyed pea but with more flavor. But what the heck do you do with a purplehull pea? When Vernon Conrad told us he had them coming in by the bushel at ...

I like red beans and rice on Mondays, black bean soup to begin a Latin-inspired meal, white beans and rice to go along with fried catfish, lima beans smothered with bits of ham to accompany smothered ...