One of my favorite vegetables is tremendously useful, totally tasty, and sadly overlooked. In a professional kitchen it is a ubiquitous standby, and it shows up everywhere, often without you knowing about it. And Chef Jerry Pellegrino will tell you, he wouldn't want to live without the humble little shallot.

Note: In a previously released version of this episode, we recommended storing shallots in olive oil in your fridge. We've since learned that could be dangerous and edited it out of this version. It is better to keep them stored whole in a cool, dry place. Thanks to our listeners for catching that inadvertent error.

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