This fresh, no-cook salad balances crunch and creaminess in every bite. Sweet gem lettuce forms the base, topped with cool cucumbers, peppery radishes, and buttery avocado, while walnuts and sesame ...

A mini lettuce called little gem is gaining in popularity at the island’s restaurants. With sweet and crunchy leaves, it looks like miniature romaine lettuce. Area produce growers say demand for ...

Sweetbread Tacos With Gem Lettuce and Caesar Dressing Toasted garlic and Maggi sauce add depth to the dressing, while cotija cheese brings a mild saltiness. The sweetbreads are the star here, crisp on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A visit to the salad bar used to leave you with two choices: iceberg or romaine. But now lunch shops and grocery stores have woken ...

Several weeks ago at a restaurant, I ordered what seemed like a simple salad and was utterly charmed by its presentation. I had never seen it before: Entire halved heads of Little Gem lettuce ...

A picture-perfect salad for summer, courtesy of Nancy Silverton. Little Gem lettuce is a smaller, sweeter variety of romaine. It's usually around half the size of a fully grown head of romaine, with ...

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Trends come and go in salads just like they do in fashion. Kale, of course, is the most obvious example of a green that has risen to pop-culture status (see Beyoncé wearing one of those sweatshirts ...