Why is lettuce rarely cooked?
Cooking lettuce is not as unusual as you think. It's kind of trendy to grill romaine,



and iceberg lettuce is often cooked in Chinese cuisine, both in soups and stir-fries.





There is a recipe for braised lettuce in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking,



and Lidia Bastianich, who specializes in Italian cuisine, recently did a stuffed and cooked lettuce (escarole) on her show.