Black-eyed peas and cabbage are a New Year's Eve tradition across the American south, but these dishes with distinctly separate heritages are bound together because southerners chose to defy status ...

ATHENS, Texas (KLTV) - Known as the “black-eyed pea capital of the world,” the City of Athens held a festival in the downtown square on Saturday to celebrate their history and that special title.

New Year’s Eve may traditionally include a glass of champagne and/or a kiss with a special someone, but come New Year’s Day, the traditions all encompass what’s on the menu. Specifically in the South, ...

On a kitchen island laden with traditional New Year's foods, nestled among prime rib and cornbread, are legumes steeped in more than a century of history: black-eyed peas. A Southern menu staple at ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Many dinner tables this weekend will feature black eyed peas on New Year's Day. It's been a tradition for years, but how exactly did this uniquely southern tradition start? After ...

We're talking deviled eggs. Cheese dip. Cornbread. Stew. And a salad that masquerades as a dip. Or maybe it's a dip that ...

Food is a natural – and tasty – way to explore geography, history and culture outside our own. And cooking with kids is a great way to incorporate life lessons. I recently made this black-eyed pea ...

Bonnetta Adeeb sighs heavily when she hears the term “cowpea.” Seconds pass while she decides how to respond. Will it be the modulated, kind but firm response of the former teacher of 37 years she is?

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's ...

New Year’s Eve may traditionally include a glass of champagne and/or a kiss with a special someone, but come New Year’s Day, the traditions all encompass what’s on the menu. Specifically in the South, ...