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  • Nectarines Are Just Bald Peaches

    Nectarines Are Just Bald Peaches

    In my mind, peaches have always tasted sweeter than nectarines. I don’t particularly enjoy the feel of trichome on my lips, but I’ve always thought of the “sweeter” flesh as my reward for enduring the discomfort of the more difficult fruit. (I have the endurance and mental fortitude required to eat proper peaches, unlike my…


  • You Should Freeze Your Juiced Lemon Peels

    You Should Freeze Your Juiced Lemon Peels

    Lemons are one of the few — or maybe one of two — fruits with peels as valuable as their juicy flesh. Lemon zest is one of the quickest ways you can add the essence of sunshine to your dish, but sometimes you don’t need juice and zest at the same time, and these out-of-sync…