Zesty and bursting with flavor, this condiment can brighten any dish, including soups. Like the traditional Italian pesto it is inspired by, it’s great on pasta too. Lemons are milder than limes, so ...

If Cezanne had lived not in France but in Southern California, his still lifes would have overflowed with Meyer lemons. Plump, smooth-skinned, colored an unmistakable dark yellow -- canary yellow, the ...

Fragrant, strongly flavoured preserved lemons are well worth the wait. You can use a tiny bit each time stirred through mashed potato to serve with fish, mixed into rice for prawn curry, or in a ...

1. Scrub lemons using warm water. (Do not use overrripe lemons.) Bring a pot of water to a boil, add lemons and simmer 10 minutes. Drain. Cut off stem ends. Using a sharp knife, score just the skin ...

Most of us are probably well-versed in how citrus can elevate a dish. From an orange chicken stir-fry to a simple squeeze of lime on a beef street taco, a little can go a long way in transforming a ...

Lisa K. Barclay of Charleston passed along the recipe for preserved lemons from Jeff Smith's "The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors" cookbook. "I have made this several times. The lemons keep ...

Shrimp cooked in a buttery, lemony sauce is nothing new, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to give it a twist. One way that I shake up shrimp scampi, a weeknight dinner favorite in my house, is ...

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