The gorgeous, gorgeous girly of spring ingredients, rhubarb is abundant this time of year. But when it comes to using it, it can stump even the most creative cook. Every year, it is the same sad tale.

Long stalks of pale red rhubarb start making an appearance at farmers markets and on grocery store shelves as the weather warms in early spring. The tart vegetable (yes, rhubarb is a vegetable) is ...

— Prepare rhubarb for storing by washing the stalks well, remove and discard any leaves — they contain toxic oxalic acid. Cut the stalks into 1-inch pieces and store in a freezer bag for up to one ...

Rhubarb may be botanically a vegetable, but it is legally a fruit, as ruled by the U.S. Customs Court in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1947. Whatever you want to classify it, rhubarb bridges the gap between ...