The broad bean to which many people react adve rsely with an
acute hemolytic anemia with sudden breakup of red blood cells (see Favism). Fava
beans look like large tan lima beans. They are popular in Mediterranean and Middle
Eastern cuisines, are eaten raw when very young, cooked in soups and many other
dishes, and made into fava brittle (like peanut brittle) as candy. The botanical
name for fava is Vicia fava. Fava is Italian for bean and refers specifically to
the broad bean. Fava beans are the main commercial source of the drug L-DOPA.
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