Long stalks of pale red rhubarb start making an appearance at farmers markets and on grocery store shelves as the weather warms in early spring. The tart vegetable (yes, rhubarb is a vegetable) is ...

It’s rhubarb season! Those vibrant, tart stalks signal summertime like no other. And what better way to celebrate this seasonal plant than in a classic dessert: rhubarb pie. My grandmother always made ...

Rhubarb is in season right now but, besides putting it in pie, how do we use it? Produce expert Josh Alsberg joined us to share his always helpful tips. For more produce inspiration, follow Josh on ...

For a few weeks each spring, farmers market baskets fill up with long candy pink stalks of rhubarb. Many consider it one of the season’s greatest gifts, right up there with snappy asparagus and bright ...

— Prepare rhubarb for storing by washing the stalks well, remove and discard any leaves — they contain toxic oxalic acid. Cut the stalks into 1-inch pieces and store in a freezer bag for up to one ...

That rhubarb in your garden is ready so what’s the best way to harvest it? You might assume it’s fine to simply cut the stalks off. It’s not. Instead, learn to harvest rhubarb the right way. It’s easy ...

Rhubarb is actually a vegetable, even though the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) classifies it as a fruit and it’s treated like fruit when cooked, says Juliet Glass, director of ...

Rhubarb may be botanically a vegetable, but it is legally a fruit, as ruled by the U.S. Customs Court in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1947. Whatever you want to classify it, rhubarb bridges the gap between ...