A slightly harder, less ripe lemon will be easier to zest than a softer fruit that gives easily when you grip it, so instead of palming all the lemons at your grocery store until you find a juicy one, ...

Choose your gear. A serrated knife, like a bread knife, is ideal. The small teeth on this kitchen staple act like a mini-grater, effortlessly scraping off the outer skin layer. A chef's knife or ...

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If you’re out of lemons, try using an equal amount of either orange or lime zest for your recipe. (Find more recipes using citrus fruit.) Orange and lemons will give you the same texture and look of ...

Learn how to use citrus zest to add brightness to sweet and savory dishes. Simple zesting tips to bring fresh flavor to ...

Capturing the fresh flavor of spring and the happy color of a cartoon sun, lemon zest is an incredibly versatile ingredient. While lemon juice is pungently sour when used in raw preparations, its ...

Lemon zest, the yellow part of the peel – not the white bitter part – holds the essential oils of the lemon and is thus filled with pure lemon flavor. Lemon juice, on the other hand, has the acidic, ...

Ever flipped through a recipe that calls for lemon zest (or any citrus fruit zest, for that matter), only to realize you're missing that one specific tool? Whoever convinced us we needed a citrus ...