Store-bought croutons are convenient for adding a delightful crunch to everything from your favorite salads to creamy soups and rustic stuffing recipes. While they may be the easy alternative, when it ...

Pendants will tell you a crouton is piece of cubed bread, tossed in oil and seasoning and baked or fried until crunchy, but a crouton is merely a construct. If it provides textural contrast to a pile ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. Croutons are, objectively, a perfect food. What’s not to love about little ...

I am a New Yorker who doesn’t enjoy salads. There, I said it. While friends nosh on dandelion greens and kale at Sweetgreen or Chopt, I’m more of a “let me sneak spinach into my protein shake and ...