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Shallots are a member of the onion family, they are smaller and sweeter than traditional onions and highly revered by chefs. You can get shallots in different colors, sizes and shapes, yet all are ...

If stored in a cool, dark, airy place, small, brown shallots will keep for up to a couple of months. Banana shallots will only keep for about two weeks.

And does it~really~matter if you swap one for the other? The produce aisle is overflowing with look-alikes: zucchini and cucumbers, sweet potatoes and yams, plantains and bananas, onions and shallots.