<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> This message is the summary to some questions I asked a few weeks ago. Because I could not find fava beans, I asked if anyone tried using baby lima beans instead of fava beans to mill. the response was to tell me how to find fava beans. ***One person finds them at "Whole Foods" both with or without the skin/shell. ***Steve Rice of Authentic Foods sent me e-mail that said he sells them and his phone # is 800-806-4737. (I do not know what the price is for these.) ***Another person gave me a warning about fava beans. Their message was this: Last summer, during training at the Cornell Plantationsm (where I give tours of the various gardens), I was in the vegetable gardens and there, green and tall - well, anyway, green - were fava beans growing. The interesting thing was that the plant looked nothing, and I mean NOTHING like any bean plant I had ever seen. It turns out that fava beans are not of the bean family, but a completely different type of plant. You might think of this as being the same as the difference between corn and wheat. I happen to react negatively to fava beans but to no other bean and had never before been able to understand that. So I suggest you try a little bit of fava bean flour, or a few beans, and see whether or not you have a negative reaction. Just thought you might be interested. ***Look for Fava Beans at Italian or Greek Specialty Stores My own research also tells that some people have bad reactions to fava beans. The reaction is called "favism." As a side note to this I also learned that most people can eat them without problem. I have tried the bean flour made from garbanzo beans (chickpeas) and fava (broad) beans. I really liked the food I baked with this flour. Mine came from Authentic Foods, according to Bette Hagman's book it is also available from a company called Grain Process Enterprises, Ltd. If you live near Grand Rapids MI, I know you can find Fava Beans at Sami's Party Store. I also asked what you use to make sweet rice flour. I was told three different names they are: Sticky rice, glutinous rice (which is gluten free) and short grain rice. I found some sweet brown rice in a food co-op. It is short and more rounded. Finally I asked what kind of brown rice you use to make brown rice flour. Regular long grain brown rice works, but some people use organic brown rice. Susan