Tiny pearl onions, pale and round and almost as iridescent as their namesakes. The layered ivory of cipollini, braised to a melting tenderness. Miniature white parsnips and fingerling potatoes, ...

Use the pale, innermost ribs and leaves of celery (use thick outer ribs in other recipes). If desired, blanch thin strips of green onion tops and use them to tie celery hearts together in neat bundles ...

Sometimes it’s the flavors that are right under our noses -- or buried in the crisper drawer -- that are most worth celebrating. Take celery. Because it’s integral to so many recipes, a dedicated cook ...

When it’s featured as the main part of a dish — cut, cooked and seasoned properly — it is delightful. A few weeks ago, a reader asked me if it was true that it takes more calories to chew celery than ...