Pico Rico wrote:

> Fava beans are the new ___. I can't think of anything off hand.

The common term is "food fad".

> They seem to grow like weeds in Italy; every otherwise not occupied
> nook and cranny has fava growing. But here, they are just so "today".

Before you buy them, look into how much work is involved in preparing them.
That alone turned me away from trying them.