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 ...

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 ...

I covet my January issue of Saveur for its annual roundup of the year’s 100 best foods and food-related tools and tips. This year, my favorite bit of advice comes from an L.A. reader who shares his ...

To zest a lemon without a zester, you can use a Microplane, vegetable peeler, box grater, or a knife.

Cooking dried beans isn’t quite as convenient as cracking open a can, but it does give you the chance to flavor them exactly how you like ‘em. One of my favorite additions is a strip of citrus zest.

Sometimes, when I'm cooking, the answer is... lemon. But the question changes constantly. How do you enhance the sweetness of a tart without making it cloying? How do you give a fresh twist to a ...