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Deb Kennedy, PhD - Culinary Medicine: A Focus on Fruit
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Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern
Join Dr. Deb for this engaging session where she takes fruit from the clinic to your plate. She delves into the heart of culinary medicine, focusing on the vital role fruits play in … Read More.
Question:
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Why the lemon juice and zest on top of the fruit salad?
— Annelies Verjauw
Answer:
Try it and then you'll know why. So acid brightens the flavor of food, whether that's a stew you're making or it's a fruit salad or it's steamed vegetable acids, brighten the flavor of food. It brings it up a whole new notch. Um, so that's why the acid, why the zest makes it get so much better. I have no idea. It just does.
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