If you have any connection to the American South, it's likely that you'll have a pot of black-eyed peas stewing somewhere in the kitchen on New Year's Day. For 364 days out of the year, the black-eyed pea is a solid soul food staple, but on New Year's Day, this plebian pea (actually a bean) … How Did Those Black-Eyed Peas Get So Lucky? Read More »