Romaine wins here. Unlike iceberg, romaine can handle the heat. Its robust leaves caramelize nicely on a grill or in a hot ...

Iceberg's large, crisp, cooling, bowl-like leaves offer the most surface area, providing great contrast to voluminous, soft, light fillings. However, iceberg tears readily when packed with heavy or ...

Yes, lettuce is included in the leafy greens portion of the vegetable group. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend 2 ½ cups of vegetables per day based on a 2,000-calorie diet.

Here's which types of lettuce are most popular, why these greens are good for you and what you need to be mindful of as you include more in your diet.

Sylvie Jenni, Fatiha Loukili, Behrouz Ehsani Moghaddam, In Vitro Culture Response of Apical and Axillary Shoot-Tips Excised from Crisphead Lettuce Cores Depends on Head Maturity, Not Storage Time, In ...

Florida Salad 1cup of romaine lettuce, torn 2 peeled and sliced carrots ½ cup coarsely chopped escarole 1 seeded and sliced green pepper ½ cup coarsely chopped endive 1 peeled and sectioned ...

Crisphead lettuce (like Iceberg) isn’t as flavorful as other options, but its crisp leaves and mild flavor makes it popular for people who typically aren’t salad fans.

Recommended crisphead lettuce cultivars for Louisiana include Crispino, Great Lakes, Keeper, Ithaca, Maverick and Raider. Harvest these once a firm head forms.

Unlike romaine, butterhead, and loose-leaf lettuce, crisphead, or iceberg, lettuce exhibits heading-a phenotype in which flat and expanded rosette leaves fold inward upon emerging to form a ...

Iceberg lettuce makes no health claims, but what's not to like about a food that provides .5 grams protein, .7 grams fiber, 10 milligrams calcium, 78 milligrams potassium, 1.5 milligrams vitamin C ...

U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss was trounced by a head of lettuce. As Ms. Truss scrambled to hold on to her post this month, a U.K. tabloid decided to have some fun. The tabloid, the Daily Star ...