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

Soggy, slimy leaves. Sad, wilted lettuce. Just writing those words makes me cringe. It's frustrating to waste food, and leafy ...

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

There is nothing worse than a boring bowl of green leaves served at a table with a meal. I like to add some crunchy vegetables to it and I have a trick to let you make this ahead so the lettuce ...