Soups, blossoms, deep fried rings, eaten raw on salads or caramelized on burgers, onions are among the most versatile vegetables in your kitchen. They are the third most popular edible plant on Earth, ...

There are many varieties of onions, all with different flavor profiles and uses, though each helps to build the base of a savory, aromatic dish. Onions can be sliced, diced, wedged, or halved, but ...

Cooking can be a relaxing, meditative act—that is, until your eyes start to sting unbearably. Cutting an onion often leads to an involuntary stream of tears, but a new scientific discovery has ...

When you cut into an onion, it releases irritating chemicals into the air that make your eyes water. There are tons of theories about preventing onion tears, but only a few are effective. Experts ...

Chopping onions is an age-old problem. Cutting them irritates your eyes and makes you cry bitter tears, but it's also hard to find a savory dish that you can't improve with some cut-up onions. What's ...

Common ways to cut up an onion include dicing, mincing, and slicing. A sharp chef's knife is the best tool for cutting onions and will minimize eye irritation. Chopped onions can be stored in the ...

A new discovery about how cutting onions ejects pungent aerosols up to two-thirds of a meter into the air has led to practical advice for reducing the spray: Cut onions slowly with a sharpened blade ...