Pea Vines

I first tried edible pea vines at a Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn many years ago. They're delicate greens with curly tendrils.

I'm seeing lots of them at farmers' markets lately. That's partly because they're used in traditional Asian dishes, and also because the rest of us seem to be collectively growing a bit more adventurous about what we'll eat, and more open to eating different parts of the plant.

The vines come in earlier than the peas themselves, which are only just starting to appear on market tables.