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Posts tagged “citrus”

Tip from Gourmet: Slice Citrus Lengthwise, Get More Juice

We know this is the second Gourmet video in as many weeks that we're promoting, but this one really surprised us. You can get three times as much juice from a lemon just by slicing it lengthwise inste...

Favorite Tool: Simple Wooden Reamer

There are plenty of posh lemon and lime-juicing gadgets on the market these days. And there are times — about 15 minutes into squeezing limes for margaritas — when we would welcome an electric jui...

New Fruit On the Block: Self-Peeling Citrus

It's hard to imagine the delicious citrus we're eating in-season right now being improved upon, but some University of Florida scientists have made one of the most convenient foods even easier to eat....

Seasonal Spotlight: Eat Blood Oranges While You Can

While we buy local when we can, the luxury of citrus from exotic places like Florida and California is not one we take for granted. Right now we are deeply enjoying a bag of Moro blood oranges - their...

Food Roundup: San Francisco Chronicle

In the San Francisco Chronicle this week, we're seeing a lot of Easter-themed recipes and recipes geared at what's in season at the farmer's markets....

What's In Your Fruit Bowl?

We are looking forward to spring fruit - tiny berries and other fresh treats from the garden. But that doesn't mean we don't have fruit in our fruit bowl now. ...

San Francisco Market Report: Cardoon, Blood Oranges, Red Sugar Cane, and More!

At the Alemany Farmer's Market this weekend, we saw a mixture of winter seasonal produce (still a lot of citrus, particularly Moro blood oranges) and fresh spring vegetables, such as asparagus, tender...

Seasonal Spotlight: Lemons Call In Spring

We saw these bright yellow lemon juicers at Anthropologie a couple nights ago and the color of lemonade and sunny pies just called out for spring and sunshine. It also reminded us how grateful we ar...

Recipe: Blood Orange Jelly Smiles

You've seen them on the dessert cart every time you went out for dim sum. But the lure of the custard tarts and the sesame balls has always been too strong, so you've never actually tried the jelle...

Recipe: Basic Lemon Sorbet

As we know from Some Facts About Ice Cream, sorbet contains more sugar but less fat than ice cream, is non-dairy, and is usually flavored with fruit. Because you don't have to prepare a custard as pa...