During culinary school and my subsequent time cooking in restaurants, I learned that finishing a savory dish with a flurry of bright yellow lemon zest or rubbing zest into the sugar before mixing a ...

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 ...

Fresh, fluffy shards of lemon zest add essential sweet and sour zing to both sugary and savory recipes, like crumbly lemon ...

Acid is one of the important elements of cooking. A drop of tangy vinegar in salad dressing, a squeeze of lime over a taco, a quick zest of lemon to elevate a marinade -- it all sounds great until you ...