Lots of recipes call for the zest of a lemon. In fact, lemon zest may even be a more common ingredient than lemon juice, although one of our favorite lemon-focused sweets, lemon curd, calls for both ...

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, ...

Use a peeler, knife, or grater to zest a lemon in a pinch. Lots of recipes call for the zest of a lemon. In fact, lemon zest may even be a more common ingredient than lemon juice, although one of our ...

Lemon zest — shavings of the bright yellow, outermost portion of the rind — is extremely versatile, and a small sprinkle goes a long way in adding a pop of lemon flavor to a dish. Because the zest ...

Lemon juice adds obvious flavor, but lemon zest imparts more nuanced aromas and tastes. Here's how to intensify it. Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of ...

Although I lead a basically law-abiding life, there is one little area in which I indulge in the teeniest bit of larceny: lemons. If it is citrus season, chances are my pockets are bulging with as ...

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, ...