Southern families often cook a traditional New Year’s Day meal involving collard greens, cornbread and black eyed peas. In ...

Mustard greens, chard, collard greens and kale are some of the most common you’ll see at grocery stores and farmers markets.

This classic black eyed peas and collard greens recipe is a comforting Southern dish made with smoky bacon, tender colla ...

Two iconic Southern ingredients come together in this dish of collard greens with black-eyed peas, which is easy to make ...

Who were the first people to eat collard greens? Food historians believe that the cultivation of the ancient leafy vegetable began in the Mediterranean region of the world approximately 5,000 years ...

Morning Edition host Michel Martin talks with food historian Jessica B. Harris about the history of eating greens during the holidays and how it became a tradition for many African-American families.