Apartment Therapy Tagged: citrus

A Roundup Of Some Japanese Citrus Fruit

For such a small island nation, Japan has a surprisingly wide variety of citrus fruit. I saw some of them when I traveled in Japan last winter. Sadly, we don't get most of them here in the US, and...

Basic Techniques: How to Segment an Orange

We love the jeweled look of clean-cut citrus wedges in the salads and side dishes we order at fancy restaurants. In culinary terms, these are called citrus "suprêmes" - a fancy name for a simp...

Flickr Find: Smoked Lemons & Lemonade

While searching through Flickr for some backyard beverage inspiration, we came across these beautiful glasses of lemonade. After searching further, we discovered that the delicious beverage inside w...

What Is the Best Way To Juice a Lemon?

This post earlier today on a trick for juicing key limes leads us to a broader question: What is the best way to juice a lemon? ...

Late Winter Combination: 5 Recipes for Chicken with Citrus

As we get deeper into Meat/Un-Meat Month, we're going to devote some time to poultry tips and recipes. But in our opinion, you can never have enough ideas for chicken. It's affordable and adaptable to...

Finding Inspiration: The Home Stretch of Winter

Now that it's March, we've officially started counting the days until spring. There's a light at the end of the tunnel, though the ground in Chicago is still dusted with snow and our pantry is looking...

National Food Roundup: Slow-Cooker Chic
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 02.25.09

If you need an excuse to fire up the slow cooker, we've got a couple of good ones in this week's roundup. Plus, recession-friendly lobster and DIY designer potato chips. ...

Recipe: Lemon Frittata with Leeks and Goat Cheese

Lemon? In a savory egg dish? Why yes - it works beautifully here. In fact, we find the flavor of the lemon to be so nice that we didn't mind the absence of butter and meat in this quick frittata. ...

7 Super-Simple Citrus Cocktails
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

With all the fresh, juicy citrus flooding the fruit stands right now, it seems the perfect time to take a look at some quick and simple cocktails powered by Vitamin C. And when we say simple, we mean...

Recipe: Citrus and Onion Salad

Remember all the citrus we bought at the farmers' market this week? While perusing our cookbooks for recipe inspiration, we came across this wonderfully sweet, tart, and fragrant Middle Eastern salad....

Winter Citrus: Cocktail Grapefruit

Have you ever seen a cocktail grapefruit? No? Neither had we, until we saw this sign at Trader Joe's last week. ...

Farmers' Market Report: Citrus Everywhere
Los Angeles

One of each! It's high citrus season at the Hollywood farmers' market, and this weekend we visited every single grower, breathing in the citrus-infused air and discovering the bounty of standard and h...

How To Make Blood Orange Jelly Smiles

It's almost Chinese New Year! The Lunar New Year falls on Monday, January 26, this year, and we're eager to talk about the food. Chinese New Year may be one of the most food-centric holidays in the wo...

Cocktail Basics: Citrus Garnishes 6 Ways
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Wheels, slices, wedges, spirals, twists - and flamed twists. When it comes to citrus garnishes, cocktail recipes can get quite specific. Here’s everything you need to know to garnish like a pro:...

Look! Quick Citrus Centerpiece

We're no strangers to using fruit as a table decoration, but this may be one of our favorites. If you've got a box of clementines, oranges, or tangerines and a vase, you're all set......

5 Good Uses for Your Citrus Peels

Don't throw away that clementine peel! Did you know that there are plenty of things you can make with the leftover peels from all that citrus you've been eating? Here are a few suggestions......

Seasonal Spotlight: Rangpur Limes

No, that's not an orange; it's a lime. An orange-colored lime! It's a rangpur lime, which is a hybrid of a mandarin orange and a lemon. ...

Eating Light: Citrus Recipe Roundup

What's the best way to stave off post-holiday melancholy and face another dreary winter morning? For us, it's bright, juicy citrus. Now that we're eating light again, we've been devouring as much citr...

Celebrate Winter Solstice With Yuzu In The Bath

By the time you read this, I will have landed in Tokyo and stuffed myself with beer and delicious food at the first izakaya I find. When I return in January, I'll have a lot of food-related photos an...

Seasonal Spotlight: Meyer Lemons

As the cold days of winter arrive, the Farmer's Markets start to fill with bright, sunny citrus fruits in many sizes, shapes, and colors. One such fruit that livens up the cold market days is the Mey...

Northern California Farmer's Market Report: San Rafael

Bright orange carrots. Recipe suggestion: Carrots in Marsala. Last Sunday, I went to the San Rafael Farmer's Market, which is in full winter swing. Christmas trees and cider were there, along with ...

Seasonal Spotlight: Clementines

Oh, my darling Clementine! Whether we buy clementines from our local farmer's market or by the boxful at Trader Joe's the consensus is the same: Y-U-M-M-Y. These little orange fruits start showing u...

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....

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