Best quality celery is fresh, crisp and clean, of medium length, thickness, and density with good heart formation and branches that are brittle enough to snap easily.
Although celery leaves is often discarded, it is very nutritious and useful as garnish and flavoring, either fresh or in dried powdered.
The leaves can be used in main dishes, soups, stews, salads and vegetables. They are more nutritive than stalks, especially in vitamin A, protein and calcium.
Celery leaves were originally used for their medicinal properties and were long regarded as a powerful aphrodisiac. In ancient times, the Greeks used celery leaves, like bay leaves, to crown victorious athletes.
Celery leaves
