Twenty years ago, when I first returned to my native California from New York City, I tapped out a letter to the Food editor ...

The different kinds of lettuce fall into four broad categories. Head lettuce is exactly what it sounds like: it comes in a round shape, with tightly packed leaves. Butterhead lettuce also comes ...

Butterhead lettuce includes varieties like Bibb and Boston ... adding more lettuce benefits to your diet. Leaf lettuce comes in different colours, including green and red with some loose, delicate ...

A new favorite is a ruffly lettuce called Cristabel. It is a hybrid of “iceberg lettuce crunch and green leaf lettuce,” ...

There are different varieties of radicchio from the large round lettuce-shaped radicchio chioggia ... used in salads mixed with other salad leaves. In its native Italy it is often served shredded.

But now lunch shops and grocery stores have woken up to all the types of lettuce out there, and there are almost too many to choose from! While it can be comforting to stick with your favorites, all ...