Fruit and vegetables

Celery: what it is, how to pick and store it

Crisp stalks with a mild, savory flavor; with onion and carrot it's the base of many soups, stews and stuffings.

How to pick it

Tight bunches of firm, pale green stalks that snap, with fresh leaves.

How to store it

Wrap it in foil or keep it in a bag in the crisper. Limp stalks perk up in a bowl of ice water.

Celery: cups to grams

Celery (chopped)
MeasureGrams
1 cup101 g
½ cup51 g
⅓ cup34 g
¼ cup25 g
1 tablespoon6.3 g
1 teaspoon2.1 g

Weights from USDA FoodData Central. Celery: converter and grams to cups

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Pick and store tips are in our own words. Storage times and safe temperatures are only shown where a U.S. government source gives them, named on each line; for anything not listed here, see USDA's FoodKeeper app.