Preheat oven to 350° F. Bring pot of salted water to boil for tortellini. Cook tortellini in boiling water according to ...

Think about the last meal you enjoyed. You probably didn't consider whether it might kill you. Most of us trust that the food ...

Many common vegetables can pose health risks if not prepared correctly. Potatoes with green patches, raw kidney beans, and ...

It’s the star of early summer desserts, the tangy companion to strawberries and the secret ingredient behind so many homemade jams and crumbles. But few people realise that rhubarb, the humble plant ...

When people hear the word rhubarb, most don’t think of fragrance at all. What usually springs to mind first is a crumble with custard, rhubarb cake dusted with sugar, a spoon of stewed rhubarb after ...

Green has been returning to our landscape with the turn from winter, to spring, and heading into summer. One of the first garden plants to grow is rhubarb, stalks of red and green will soon be ready ...

Rhubarb only makes a brief appearance in spring, from as early as March in Ireland to as late as May in other areas where it’s grown. It’s here in the northeast U.S. where I live, so I’m grabbing ...

For me, rhubarb will forever be linked with baseball. Growing up in a small town in northwest Iowa, we had a backyard big enough to plot out a baseball field. It wasn’t regulation or anything. The ...

When it comes to jam, there are rules. According to the FDA’s legal designation, jam can only come from one type of fruit, whereas compotes and conserves can be made with additional fruits (often ...

Rhubarb pie is a summer classic; tart, yet sweet, just out of the oven and served with vanilla ice cream is heavenly. Ah, summer! But what to do with rhubarb leaves? After all, they are poisonous to ...

Rhubarb is a perennial vegetable that is primarily used as a fruit in cooking. It grows best in full sun and fertile, well-drained soil. Rhubarb should not be harvested the first year it is planted to ...

Let’s set the record straight: Rhubarb is a vegetable, though it’s often put to the same culinary uses as fruit. Think jellies, sauces and pies. The confusion on rhubarb’s standing in the food world ...