Fun fact: Cucumbers are actually fruits. But like tomatoes, they're prepared and eaten as vegetables. Their juicy, almost thirst-quenching texture is a staple in summery Mediterranean-leaning salads, ...

Sure, they are great in salads and sandwiches, but wait until you try cooking with cucumbers. Cool, crisp, and refreshing, raw cucumbers bring delightful crunch to all kinds of salads, noodle dishes, ...

"Cool as a cucumber" may refer to a state of being, but the analogy stems from the refreshing crunch of a fresh, cold cucumber. Cucumbers are most often found as a raw ingredient in recipes like cold ...

We eat a lot of cucumbers, most often served raw and crunchy to impart a refreshing quality to a meal. Does “cool as a cucumber” ring a bell? Hardly do we ever cook them ― but we can, and we should.

Swordfish en Cocotte with Shallots, Cucumber and Mint is shown in Brookline, Mass. This recipe appears in the cookbook “Complete Mediterranean.” Credit: America’s Test Kitchen via AP The premise ...