Note: This dessert was developed by Charles Perry to showcase the exotic perfume of pickled lemons for his story on the history and many uses of pickled lemon in Arabic cuisine. Many tasters found the ...

When I was living in Palm Springs, Calif., I had so many lemons that I tried to invent ways to use them up. This was my most successful experiment. The lemons are so useful to have around. I add them ...

Two years ago, the only time I'd have eaten pickled (or preserved) lemons was if I was eating out at a Moroccan restaurant. But as I've come to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of these--one of the ...

In 1868, Louisa May Alcott published “Little Women,” her seminal novel about four sisters in Civil War-era Massachusetts. Approximately 150 years later, two Washington Post journalists — namely, us — ...

Lisa K. Barclay of Charleston passed along the recipe for preserved lemons from Jeff Smith's "The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors" cookbook. "I have made this several times. The lemons keep ...

To make this simple and tasty meze salad you will need two typical North African condiments — pickled lemons and harissa. Both can be made at home or bought at specialty food stores or Middle Eastern ...

California’s exotic citrus makes its way east when we most crave it, in the midst of midwinter doldrums. Some varieties, like mandarinquats and W. Murcott mandarins, are perfect for out-of-hand eating ...

There’s a fridge on a patio, somewhere off Grant Road, that is full of wonder: tangerine juice, whole lemons preserved in brine, Rwandan grapefruit marmalade, pomelo fruit punch sweetened with grape ...