A guaranteed way to lure people to the kitchen is by simply sauteing an onion—a pantry staple that pulls its weight in just about any cooking project. Whether you’re building an aromatic base for a ...

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Refrigerating your onions for an hour or two before use can help minimize the tear-inducing effects of the vegetable. I was standing at the kitchen counter preparing dinner. Tears rolled down my ...

Onions pull pretty much any dish together. Raw, they add a bite to your salad or sandwich; caramelized, they add a savory sweetness to any hot dish. Really, there are very few dishes that we wouldn’t ...

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It starts innocently enough. You grab an onion, slice it open, and within seconds, you're squinting through a blur of tears, questioning every life decision that led to this moment. No, you're not ...

You go to chop an onion to toss in your marinara or guac … only to end up with tears streaming down your face. What gives?! Even when you know onions trigger waterworks, the tears are still somehow ...

Why Do Onions Make You Cry? When we cut into an onion, we essentially rip open the cells surrounding each slice. As part of the plant's natural defense mechanism, those cells "release a chemical that ...

FILE-- Onions are chopped in New York, March 21, 2016. Chopping onions makes us teary because a reaction in the onion releases a chemical called lachrymatory factor, or LF, that irritates our eyes.