First, let’s group salad greens into four categories: mild greens, spicy greens, chicories and bitter greens, and mixed greens.

And our first stop: our friendly iceberg and romaine who fall into the mild greens category. These are ‘crisphead’ greens but there are also Butterhead, i.e. Bibb or Boston, and leaf groups, i.e. green or red leaf. Butterhead varieties are loosely formed and round, have tender leaves, and are sweet and delicate in flavor. If you usually fall for the iceberg lettuce, try a Bibb or Boston lettuce for a crisp and flavorful crunch to your salad. These varieties provide good crunch for lettuce wraps. (Bibb lettuce wraps with lemon grilled chicken anyone?)