Cookbook

Learning how to dice onions is a skill I wish I learned earlier in life. Search for a video on the internet—the lesson is only minutes long.

Essentially, cut an onion in half through the poles (e.g. through the root). Do not remove the root! Remove the outer layer of skin and place each half face down on a cutting board. Holding the root end firmly with one hand, carefully make a slice or two horizontally on a plane parallel to the cutting board towards the root end of the onion but not all the way, perhaps three quarters of the distance. Then, make downward slices pointing towards the root that you are still holding. Finally, make final downward slices perpendicular to the slices you just make, creating the desired dice. It sounds complicated, but it only takes a few rounds of practice to master.