There's a reason alliums have been used for thousands of years, after all. It's true that almost every home cook uses onions ...

I t’s just about impossible to imagine cooking (life, perhaps?) without garlic. Garlic is a culinary powerhouse, lending ...

Although I was skeptical before testing them myself and learning more about how this allium was developed, I can confirm that these tear-free onions should be on every home cook’s radar.

Chives and green onions, a.k.a. scallions, both belong to the allium family, but they have some distinct differences. Here’s how to buy them, cook with them, and store them so they stay fresh.

In Ayurvedic medicine it’s believed alliums inflame passion and cause ignorance ... The thin liquid can be used to cook the potatoes in, or use it in your risotto. Actually I’ve just re ...

The other benefit to companion planting onions and root veggies is that they have similar soil and fertilization requirements, so are easy to grow together. One thing that onions dislike is heavy, ...

A professor of botany explains why onions make us cry, and we consider some of the ways you can try to stop the tears flowing ...

“Of all the alliums, scallions can be the hardest to ... Tanya Sichynsky is an editor for the Food and Cooking sections of The Times and the author of The Veggie, a weekly vegetarian newsletter.