Don't let lettuces go limp. Here's how to keep lettuce fresh so your salads are crisp. Plus, find out if you should wash lettuce before you store it or not.

Bagged salads, romaine lettuce, and spinach have been frequent stars of food recall alerts in recent years. Unfortunately, fields of leafy greens are easy targets for E. coli contaminations due to ...

Lettuce is a lot of things: salad base, burger-topper, wrap, and more. It's fresh, light, and acts as a blank slate and vehicle for flavor. Once you bring your lettuce home, you may be faced with the ...

To rinse, or not to rinse? The first step of enjoying any piece of produce is typically washing it off. Or at least, rinsing it. Berries, stone fruit, leafy greens, and most anything else from your ...

Dear Heloise: I use an easy way to core a head of lettuce. Never mind using a knife because this is safer and less likely to cut your fingers. Hold the head of lettuce in both hands with the stem at ...

If salads and sandwiches are part of your weekly rotation, there's a good chance your refrigerator is stocked with lettuce. The vegetable has a lot to offer, between its crisp texture, green color, ...