Corn, zucchini, yellow squash, pigeon peas or even English peas can go in.

The light potato gnocchi, afloat in a carrot nage with sweet English peas, spring onions and asparagus, captured all the charms of early summer.

The seeds are large, about the size of an English pea, but corky and wrinkled.

Peas Shell peas, also known as English peas, are the essence of spring.

Shelling slender sugar snaps makes shelling fat English peas look easy but most of us can't be bothered even with the English ones when they're in season.

Duck was underdone, paired with an unremarkable plum confit in which lurked a handful of tiny English peas.

We also applauded the herb-and-mustard gnocchi tossed with chanterelle mushrooms and English peas, and the soft, delicious syrah-braised short ribs.

When we say peas, we mean what Southerners call English peas or green peas.

They are perfectly seasoned, sautéed and mixed with English peas, sautéed oyster mushrooms and asparagus.

Day-boat diver sea scallops on a bed of oxtail mushroom risotto with big English peas were finished in a porcini-truffle emulsion.