Do you remember a time when you bought a fresh head of lettuce, stored it in your fridge, and found it wilted and spoiled just a few days later? The cause of your confusion and frustration might ...

Leaving them on the head will make the lettuce spoil much faster, says Bryan Quoc Le, Ph.D., food scientist, food consultant, ...

Lettuce quickly goes off in the dry atmosphere of our fridges and is even speedier to spoil when stored next to certain veggies, such as tomatoes, avocados and bell peppers that emit ethylene gas ...

But don’t forget to dry them really well. Pre-packaged bags of lettuce leaves must be used quickly once opened as the leaves quickly spoil. Lettuces are unsuitable for freezing. When preparing ...