Adapted from a Cook's Illustrated method, DiGregorio first uses the microwave to remove most of the moisture. The slow cooker ...

Call it the little onion that could. When Megan Kiley discovered the unusual allium in her parents’ Needham garden, she wasn’t sure just what to call it. “It looked normal at first,’’ she recalls. Her ...

Slowly cooked over lower heat, the sugars inherent in onions are released, making onions a flavorful and complementary topping for soups and garnish on a sandwich or steak. Caramelized onions are also ...

Beautifully caramelized onions are the secret to French onion soup, flavor-packed dips, pasta dishes, and more. Here's how to caramelize onions like a pro. Peel the onions. Halve and slice lengthwise ...

I was talking with my friends — Mary, who is an excellent waitress at the Waffle Shop on North Atherton Street, and Tommy, who does the piano bar at the American Ale House plus a host of other ...

At the start of each new spring growing season I try to find something to grow that is different, out of the ordinary and quirky. When you have gardening friends, that “find” often comes from them, ...

I thought my three-onion chicken salad was a triumph. Red onions for their bite, scallions for their grassy brightness, pickled onions for a puckery jolt of acid. It had crunch, it had sharpness, it ...