Vegetable
Celery
About This Entry
Celery adds aromatic crunch to mirepoix, salads, and Bloody Marys — its green saline bite suits crisp whites and savory cocktails more than heavy reds.
Wine Pairing Explanation
Primary wine styles
Common Culinary Uses
- clam
At a Glance
Group
Green Vegetables
Classification
Vegetables
Culinary role
aromatic
Scientific name
Apium graveolens
Scientific Classification
- Display name
- Celery
- Classification
- Vegetables
- Group
- Green Vegetables
- Scientific name
- Apium graveolens
Taxonomy
- Culinary role
- aromatic
- Plant part
- stem
- Texture
- fibrous
- Moisture class
- high
- Flavor intensity
- moderate
- Seasonality
- year round