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 ...

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 ...

Lemon Juice This one feels like the most natural substitute for lemon zest, and of course, coming from the same fruit, lemon juice is guaranteed to deliver that signature citrusy taste. This swap can ...

The next time a recipe calls for lemon juice, you may want to think twice before throwing the rest away. Those leftover peels hold the fruit’s most intense flavors. The zest, the yellow outer layer of ...