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 ...

Every time I look out the window and see yet more snow flurries, I have to shake off wondering if we will see our gardens in production this year. I keep telling myself that there are now robins and ...

In the first 1938 edition of “Larousse Gastronomique,” an encyclopedic tome on gastronomy, editor Prosper Montagné advised treating and cooking rhubarb’s leaves as you would spinach. While the effects ...

One of the first local crops to be harvested in the spring and early summer is rhubarb. For those who are unfamiliar with rhubarb, it looks similar to a stalk of celery but has a red color. The flavor ...

Rhubarb is a plant that enjoys cold climates and is found in mountainous and temperate areas of the world like Northeast Asia. The species Rheum x hybridum is commonly grown as an edible vegetable ...

First published Tuesday, March 26, 2002, in our now-defunct Ask-it Basket column: Dear Ask-it: This is for B.H. of Rochester, who requested a recipe for strawberry, rhubarb and pineapple jam. I have ...