I’ve tried all the old tricks to keep my tears at bay when cutting onions: sunglasses, swimming goggles, sticking out my tongue, running the sink faucet, and slicing them straight out of the fridge.

Chopping onions is an age-old problem. Cutting them irritates your eyes and makes you cry bitter tears, but it's also hard to find a savory dish that you can't improve with some cut-up onions. What's ...

NO kitchen is complete without onions and you can add this root vegetable to pretty much everything. But chances are, you’ve ...

From wearing goggles to rubbing the knife with lemon juice, home cooks have come up with a wide variety of clever tricks to keep themselves from crying while cutting onions in the kitchen. Now, ...

“Always grab the onion as if you had a claw in your hand,” Carbone recommends. “Fingertips bended to the inside.” Curling your fingers into a claw shape will nearly eliminate the chances of the knife ...

An expert cook has shared his top tip on cutting onions, a method guaranteed to be free of teary eyes. A chef lecturer at ...

Usually, the worst part about onions is the cutting process. The eating process on the other hand, we always look forward to. However, the thought of having to endure the tears when preparing a meal ...

Chopping onions often leave tears rolling down our chicks. We shed tears because our eyes are irritated by droplets the onion releases when we chop them. It turns out when you cut an onion, it ...

Whether you're a pro chef or a cookery novice, chopping an onion is one of the first things you learn to do in the kitchen. But, according to mathematicians, you may have been chopping onions wrong ...