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

This pretty red and green leaf ... butter lettuce? It's also called Boston or Bibb lettuce. But unlike real butter, this is crammed with folate, iron, and potassium. No Caesar salad is complete ...

A visit to the salad bar used to leave you with two choices ... Despite its name, red leaf lettuce isn’t bright red. Its leaves are green at the center with a reddish-brown color toward their ...

Lettuce varieties each provide a different texture, color, and flavor for whatever fresh greens are called for. You might want to consider this special type.

Kale is a great salad ingredient, providing nutrition and a hearty bite, but there's a dressing tip that you need to make ...

be sure to use a sharp knife to prevent the leaves from bruising. Bear in mind that the roots of some salad leaves such as corn salad, lamb's lettuce and mâché, are edible. To dress salads ...

When was the last time you were excited by a green salad ... to add flavor—this mixed greens salad recipe uses parsley, mint, dill and chives, but you can use whatever herbs you'd like (we ...

lettuce will not recover even in the fridge. Most need to be used within a couple of days, although a few such as Iceberg and Little Gem can be kept up to a week. All salad leaves, whether bought ...

Feel free to swap the type of salad greens (frisee, red leaf ... work well here too, so use what you have and what you love. I love using this dressing on other green salads too, and it makes ...