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When you cut into an onion, it releases irritating chemicals into the air that make your eyes water. There are tons of theories about preventing onion tears, but only a few are effective. Experts ...

Almost everyone has cried over an onion at least once. It can happen while prepping dinner or slicing a single onion for a ...

Cutting onions slowly and using the sharpest knives available can reduce eye irritation, physicists have found in a new study. A familiar and painful experience for home cooks, crying while chopping ...

Anyone who's ever cut many onions has eventually sought a hack to keep from crying while cutting them. No matter how hard you try not to cry, sometimes the waterworks still flow, making it impossible ...

After a TikTok user complained that she weeps “a lot a lot” when chopping onions, an emergency medicine physician shared a tissue-free slicing strategy that he swears is a cut above the rest. “I’m ...

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American poet and writer Carl Sandburg is commonly attributed with the following quote: “Life is like an onion. You peel it one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.” Sandburg might have been onto ...