Many dishes tell stories, and Ful Medames, a fava bean dish considered the national dish of Sudan and South Sudan, is no different. When asked why the Sudanese Student Union decided to share this ...

Fava beans are one of the oldest staple crops of the Middle East. First documented 5,000 years ago, references to fava beans can be found in Pharaonic Egypt as well as the Bible. As a staple crop, ...

Omar Rajeh had the slow-cooked fava beans ready to go. A little mashing, pinches of seasoning, a drizzle or two, and a signature dish was ready to go. The signature dish is ful madammas (among its ...

I had no idea that on the day my husband, Marvin, walked in from his garden with a handful of the first fava beans of the season, that we would be eating them at almost every meal for a long time. Now ...

Lentil Ful Medammes Lentil ful medammes is a variation of the traditional Egyptian dish ful medammes, which typically uses fava beans. In this variation, lentils are used instead of fava beans. This ...

NEW YORK — Back home in Ecuador, Narell Vasquez was used to eating beans. Upon immigrating to New York, she noticed incorporating beans into everyday meals was not as easy as in her home country. Fava ...

Fatma Nassef has spread out a small feast for me and her family on a large round table in the middle of the dining room at Cairo Café and Restaurant in Alexandria. But as our meal progresses, our ...