Ready to make an incredible dinner but need to cut some onions first? Learn How to Cut Onions without crying or feeling ...

Finally, cut through the onion from the stem end to the root end, which creates the onion pieces you need. The closer you make these final cuts, the smaller your onion pieces.

Cut the root end off, being careful to leave just enough to keep the onion intact. Slice from the onion from top to bottom, cutting only ¼-inch deep into the onion.

Halve the onions along their “poles,” removing small cuts of both root and stem ends and slice pole-to-pole into 1/4-inch thick slices. Place the onions in a large bowl.

Doing so is not difficult. Start by slicing off both ends, then cut the onion in half, pole to pole. If you see concentric circles (rings), you have sliced in the wrong direction.

Again, don't cut into the root end -- slice down the onion with the tip of your knife stopping short of the root. Careful: These cuts provide the biggest chance for making a mistake and ...

This March 2, 2016 photo shows Alsatian onion pie in Concord, N.H. This simple pizza-like dish gets a tremendous amount of flavor from onions, which are cooked slowly in a small amount of bacon ...