Long and verdant, chives resemble large blades of grass. This onion relative is more delicate and has a mild flavor profile compared to bulbous varieties. In cooking, chives are often treated like ...

Yellow onions are among the most commonly used varieties due to their strong flavor and versatility. They have a papery golden-brown skin and white flesh that is tinged with yellow layers.

We are lucky to live in a time when there are lots of choices in the produce section. The U.S. alone grows more than 100 different varieties of apples, for example.

These onions are typically sweet in flavor and keep better than short-day types but not as well as some long-day varieties. Long-day onions thrive from 37-47° N and bulb up when daylength is 14 ...

And just to keep you on your toes, remember that mild yellow onion varieties—like the big, sweet Vidalia and Maui onions mentioned above—are also great raw.