4 ways to handle spring's mild, pleasantly muted onions.

Every week our friends at Real Time Farms feature the top photos of farms, food artisans, and farmers markets shared on their site.

Onions may not be the item that make you eagerly anticipate market day, but when they can be coaxed into something as delicious as Merrill's Red Onion Jam, they just might get added to your regular shopping list. These beauties from Shamba Farms are basking in the sunshine at the West End Farmers' Market in Alexandria, Virginia. Whether red or white, in a jam or a tart, it's clear that onions deserve their day in the sun. Click here to see more, and then add a photo of your own - you might be featured here next week!

Every Friday, and sometimes on Thursdays, we’re mixing things up with a different kind of food writing. More specifically, food poetry to be read slowly, over your morning coffee. Today, onions get the royal, poetic treatment. 

Chopping an onion isn't rocket science, but every home cook should know how to do it right. 

Inspiration for tonight's dinner: just good food. A steak, medium-rare please, and some tangy, goat cheesy mashed potatoes.