"The black-eyed peas represent coins ... especially to their ancestors, and given the experience of African Americans in this country, to have a time-honored tradition that people love ...

Newton wasn’t writing about peas in those lyrics. He was writing about a spiritual experience. Yet black-eyed peas, with their tiny and unclosing eyes, were still believed to be fodder for ...

(JTA) — Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am feels at home in Israel — so much so that he used a Yiddish word to describe the feeling he gets in the country. While on a visit to Israel to ...

There's a Southern food tradition involving black-eyed peas that dates back to the Civil War, which many believe is a way to attract prosperity in the new year. So why not give it a try?

In this column, Susi Gott Seguret explores black-eyed peas' significance to Appalachia, which helped keep livestock healthy ...

New Year tradition of eating black-eyed peas at midnight There's a Southern food tradition involving black-eyed peas that dates back to the Civil War, which many believe is a way to attract ...

© 2024 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. Black-eyed peas and greens in some form or pairing on New Year’s Day is a time-honored Southern ...

For generations, cabbage, black-eyed peas and other symbolic foods have been a staple of New Year’s celebrations in the South. But why do we eat these particular foods, and what do they mean?