Cucumber is an economically important crop worldwide, ranking as the third most-produced vegetable after tomatoes and onions. Yet breeding improved varieties—plants that are more resilient, produce ...

Lindsey DeSoto, RD, is a nutrition writer, medical reviewer, and registered dietitian who helps clients improve their diet for health-related reasons. Her writing covers a variety of topics, including ...

Cucumbers contain vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants that support skin, bone, heart, and blood pressure health. Cucumber water is made by infusing cucumbers in water; this beverage offers hydration ...

If you’re scanning the produce aisles at the grocery store, it can be difficult to recognize a zucchini vs. cucumber from a few steps away. Frankly, it can still be difficult to tell these two oblong, ...

A recall of various cucumber products due to potential salmonella contamination has been issued the highest risk classification by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Primo No. 1 In Produce, ...

Audrey Morgan is a senior editor at Food & Wine with over eight years of experience covering food and drinks. She has held staff positions at Liquor.com and Food Network Magazine, and her work has ...

A salmonella outbreak tore through the country last spring and summer, infecting more than 550 people and sending 155 to the hospital. The likely culprit wasn’t raw eggs or undercooked chicken but an ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling cucumbers across the country over a salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than two dozen people in multiple states. On Monday, the FDA ...

A cucumber recall has been linked to a salmonella outbreak in multiple states, including Illinois and Michigan, and is under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency ...

The Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales because of a multistate Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more ...