Cabbage

Description
Cabbage can be white, red or green.

Availability
Year-round
Peaks in the fall.

Shopping
Look for firmly packed, crisp-looking leaves. The head should feel heavy for its size. Avoid browning, yellowing, wilted, smelly leaves.

Storage
Refrigerate cabbage tightly wrapped in plastic for up to a week.

Varieties

	Green Cabbage:  Smooth, dark to pale green outer leaves. Inner leaves are pale green or white.
	Red Cabbage:  Deep ruby red to purple outer leaves. White veins or streaks on the inside. Its texture is tougher than that of green cabbage.
	Savoy Cabbage:  Crinkled, ruffly yellow-green leaves. Less compact head than