Rhubarb is a perennial plant with fleshy, edible leaf stalks that are treated as fruit, despite being botanically classified as a vegetable. Nevertheless, it is a spring and summer kitchen staple for ...

15:49, Mon, Jul 7, 2025 Updated: 10:44, Thu, Jul 10, 2025 Summer is the main growing season for many popular plants, but rhubarb isn't one of them. The ruby red and green stalks fruit early, from ...

Rhubarb is an important plant to Minnesota bakers. Not only can it be found in almost every garden, but for those of us living here in the North, it also holds great symbolism: the end of winter, ...

‘Tis the season of backyard get-togethers and family gatherings, but in South Dakota, no outdoor communion is complete without a rhubarb pie. So much so that we don’t just stop there, we put rhubarb ...

Save your strawberries. Mark Bittman’s classic recipe lets rhubarb shine all on its own. By Mia Leimkuhler Have you ever loved something so much that you give yourself false memories of it, implanting ...

ALEDO, Ill — Vegetable lovers from around the Midwest will gather in the Rhubarb Capital of Illinois for the 33rd year of the Aledo Rhubarb Festival in June! Aledo will be filled with live music, ...

A rhubarb galette to celebrate spring? Why not. A galette is a free form open pie that can be savory or sweet and contain anything from spinach and eggs to mixed berries. When rhubarb is in season, it ...

This old-fashioned pudding cake begins in a skillet with rhubarb compote, then a layer of cream and eggs lightened with fluffy whites goes into the pan. When it bakes, the batter creates its own sauce ...

The rhubarb season has begun. Over the decades I’ve made crisps and pies, breads and muffins, sauces, and, most favored among family members, jams – with just rhubarb alone or mixed with other fruits.

While apples and broccoli have become basic—constantly on the grocery store shelves year-round—rhubarb is a vegetable unicorn. It only appears for a very short and magical window. I'll spot it in the ...