“Always grab the onion as if you had a claw in your hand,” Carbone recommends. “Fingertips bended to the inside.” Curling your fingers into a claw shape will nearly eliminate the chances of the knife ...

It's officially that time of year: soup season. If you're making French onion soup at home, make sure you're cutting your ...

Cutting an onion can feel like trying to escape a maze, blindfolded. One wrong turn—or slice—can send you swiftly down the wrong path. And then there are all of the different verbs—you can slice an ...

Toward the end of Henrik Ibsen’s play “Peer Gynt,” a saga of the self under siege, we find Gynt deep in the forest, peeling a wild onion. He compares his many selves – cheat, shipwreck survivor, liar, ...

Scientists have now discovered how a simple slice can send pungent aerosols flying across the kitchen. Their work not only ...

No longer will dinner prep be a tear-inducing experience if you follow these two simple tips from researchers from Cornell ...

Overhead view of bowl of French onion soup with bread and melted cheese - Epkin/Getty Images If you've had an exceptional bowl of French onion soup, you know the difference optimally sliced and ...