CUTTING ONIONS

Hold the onion firmly in your right hand and a small knife in your left with your forefinger wrapped around the blade. Support your knife hand against the onion with your left thumb. Cut just the tendril-like portion of the root from the onion. Using the knife with a slight sawing motion, make the cut at the juncture of the skin and the root so the skin remains intact and the root is cut flush with the surface of the onion.