Choose your gear. A serrated knife, like a bread knife, is ideal. The small teeth on this kitchen staple act like a mini-grater, effortlessly scraping off the outer skin layer. A chef's knife or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: pamela_d_mcadams / Getty Images Everyone loves a bowl of sunny lemons on the counter—not just for their beautiful color ...

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 ...

Fresh citrus zest is one of the most underrated ingredients in the kitchen. Whether you're baking a cake, making a vinaigrette, brightening up a pasta dish or adding a twist to a cocktail, that little ...

Lemons are versatile and wildly useful. A valuable addition to dishes both savory and sweet, and in forms both fresh and preserved, they are only as capable as the cook who uses them. Want to master ...

Ever flipped through a recipe that calls for lemon zest (or any citrus fruit zest, for that matter), only to realize you're missing that one specific tool? Whoever convinced us we needed a citrus ...