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Instead of cooking the pasta separately, Meghan puts it directly on top of tomatoes with some lemon zest and greens, then pours boiling water over the whole mixture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

For this cold noodle dish from Gu Grocery, blend toasted sesame seeds with soy sauce, rice vinegar, pickled mustard greens, and orange zest and juice for maximum flavor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

In a post shared on social media, Celf Gallery in Cardiff said Sinnott's "love and zest for life played out in his exuberant and colourful paintings".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The rest accumulated slowly and, for the most part, logically: lemon zest for brightness, bacon for savory crunch, avocado for cool richness.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

It is clearly time for me to step boldly into our society, not in the boring, passive manner of the Myrna Minkoff school of social action, but with great style and zest.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Turn the speed of your mixer down to medium, and add in your eggs one at a time, followed by your sour cream, citrus zests, and vanilla extract, making sure it is all evenly combined.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022

Jawad says the toast can be made in an over or air fryer and can be paired with fruit zests, syrups, sugars, flavored flakes, nut butters, chocolate, vanilla extract and spices like nutmeg.

From Fox News ● Feb. 17, 2022

During the lunch rush, Clevenger moves like a man who has as many arms as an octopus — boiling pastas and sauteing over eight burners and plating and dusting lemon zests and breadcrumbs to finish.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2018

Such zests as his particular little phial of cayenne pepper and his pennyworth of pickles in a saucer, were not wanting.

From Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

Those agencies by which the emotional life has always been expressed and stimulated found a welcome prepared for them in the hearts of college youths, stirred with new zests and a more lively self-consciousness.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Paul Klapper

Cut the zested limes in half, squeeze out 2 tablespoons juice and whisk into the coriander mixture to make a dressing.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2022

To serve, place chicken on a serving platter and drizzle with olive oil and a large squeeze of the zested lemon.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2022

Remember the lemon we zested for our cornish game hens?

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2021

To this mixture I added chicken stock and heavy cream, let the sauce simmer until it thickened, then zested and juiced a big lemon directly over the skillet.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2019

Miss Matilda was aware of a slackening from the keen excitement and zested peril of their escape.

From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell

Spoon onto a serving plate and top with a generous zesting of lemon peel and grated cheese.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2022

Photo: Microplane The Microplane is incredible for grating cheese super-fine and fast, it’s the ideal citrus zesting device, and it’s a solid replacement for a garlic press, all for a very reasonable price.

From The Verge ● May 18, 2022

If you must use those artisanal cocktail kits, keep them close to you and make sure you’re not accidentally zesting your neighbors with garnish.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2020

When zesting citrus, I like to hold the fruit in one hand and grate with the teeth facing up so that the zest collects in the channel and I can see how much I’ve gotten.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2019

“I’m chopping and zesting and eating foods I’ve never tried before,” she said, “with ingredients I would have never thought of buying, like Meyer lemons and watermelon radishes.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2016