You’re in the produce aisle, staring at an overwhelming spread of veggies, trying to decide between a white onion, a purple onion and a yellow onion, when that familiar feeling of grocery store panic ...

I adore shallots. These little alliums give a beguiling oniony-garlicky flavor and fragrance to all sorts of dishes. I use them raw in salad dressings, caramelize them until they melt for topping ...

Dear Heloise: I work as a chef at a restaurant, and while trying to train a new chef on how to prepare certain dishes, I found he didn’t know that there was a difference between shallots and white, ...

Onions are a staple of cooking in almost every cuisine and season. They’re so commonplace that you probably have one variety or another around the house. But what happens when you don’t have the type ...

While shallots and red onions may look the same, these two alliums bring distinct characteristics and flavors to the table. Bunches of red onion with scallions [Image Credit: Ian Panelo] When it comes ...

Most fried onions (including Trader Joe’s brand) are coated in flour before frying, whereas the fried shallots’ only ...