When my daughter, Elara, was three years old, she decided that cooking is just adult playtime. And then, of course, she wanted in on the fun. Cooking with toddlers is a great practice in theory. There ...

Q. It used to be forbidden to cut lettuce with a knife. Only tearing by hand or cutting with a plastic knife was acceptable. But now I see TV chefs regularly chopping lettuce with a regular knife.

You’ve probably seen serrated plastic knives that are supposed to prevent lettuce and other produce from browning too soon after cutting. Cook’s Illustrated finds that these do work, but probably aren ...

Lettuce knives have grown in popularity over the last decade as their plastic blades do not oxidize lettuce leaves as quickly as a metal-bladed knives. If you have access to plexiglass scrap you can ...

If you’re making a salad you’ll probably find yourself reaching for a chopping board and a knife - but there’s an easier way to prepare a lettuce. One foodie has shared a useful trick which will save ...