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Yuzu juice is squeezed from the fresh yuzu citrus, in season in the U.S. from September to December. (It is grown in California. Fresh yuzu can’t be imported per USDA restrictions.) The small, round citrus fruit has become very popular with fine chefs, thanks to the availability of imported yuzu juice used by Japanese restaurants.…
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Use fondant to make cupcakes that looklike Dad. Photo courtesy WhiptCream.com. If you’ve been to enough weddings, you’ve probably had fondant. It’s used to cover cake, as an alternative to icing. What is fondant? Sometimes referred to as edible Play-Doh, fondant is a sugar and water mixture cooked to the soft-ball stage, then stirred…
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National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day is June 9th. Rhubarb season is April through June, so you’ve got just a few more weeks to make this popular spring pie. Rhubarb first grew wild in northwest China, and was cultivated as far back as 5,000 years ago, for medicinal purposes. Technically, rhubarb is a vegetable, a member…
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