Ever been moved to tears while cooking the dinner? If not, you're probably not cooking with onions. For most of us, our eyes react this way due to a sophisticated self-protection system in these ...

Why do onions make us cry? Many a poet has pondered. Is it because their beautiful, multilayered complexity moves us to weep? Are we mourning the majestic bulb as we cut it up and consume it? Or are ...

Soups, blossoms, deep fried rings, eaten raw on salads or caramelized on burgers, onions are among the most versatile vegetables in your kitchen. They are the third most popular edible plant on Earth, ...

The guests are coming soon, you’ve got your ingredients, and dinner’s looking so good it’s enough to make you cry... literally. This week, we’re taking on the complicated science behind a common ...

A cook cutting onions can look very sad. There’s no shortage of folk remedies to prevent the tears, but none works very well. Now, food scientists see the possibility of an onion that retains a full ...

"See, the onion is a perennial bulb that lives in the ground with lots of critters who are looking for a snack," says Block. "So it has evolved a chemical defense system." That is to say, onions want ...