Recently, when I made limoncello from the plump fruit of our little Meyer lemon tree, I had leftovers: seven perfect and precious—but naked— lemons. Their skins were soaking in vodka (see last week’s ...

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 ...

In 1987, on a visit to what I call the Holy Land, I ate the best salad of my life. It was at a small outdoor restaurant in Bethlehem, Palestine, on the West Bank, at one edge of the city’s main square ...

This is a great base for a fizzy lemonade soda or to add complexity to a savory condiment, such as pesto. You can make this with limes too (see Variations). Wash the lemons well, using a soft brush if ...

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 ...

Recipes for preserved lemons seem to be the darling for cooking schools — at least recently. First up, I went to a Provençal brunch held in a private home for the Cheyenne Mountain Newcomers Club in ...

Right about this time the store shelves are being emptied of canning jars and pectin as home canners squirrel away the best of the harvest season. Quietly overlooked is something no less deserving of ...

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