Chives

Ciboulette

What it is

The gentlest member of the onion clan, gathered wild in Europe since the Middle Ages, when bunches were hung against evil spells. It offers the allium idea — without the allium consequences.

In the kitchen

Scissors beat the knife: snip it directly over eggs, potatoes or cream, and its purple pompom flowers are edible too.

Goes with

Egg Potato Cream Scallop Asparagus Cod Yogurt

Same species

Arleux smoked garlic Banana shallot Black garlic Calçot Cévennes sweet onion Cipollini onion

Also used with

American lobster Amethyst deceiver Nantucket bay scallop Beluga lentil Bonnotte de Noirmoutier Brill

In season alongside

Red onion Spring onion Three-cornered leek Bamboo shoot Brousse du Rove Buck’s-horn plantain

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