as in spice
the quality or state of being stimulating to the mind or senses
dumped in more spices to add some zest to the marinade
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Make dressing: Whisk oil, honey, mint, and reserved zest into blood orange juice until combined.
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Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
This time around, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara reprise their roles with undiminished comic zest and supernatural gusto.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
Make the dough: Add the flour, whole eggs, egg yolk (reserve the white for brushing on later), honey, oil, ground coriander, orange zest and salt to the preferment.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
Add salt, sugar, lemon zest, 2 tablespoons of cinnamon.
—Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
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Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
This time around, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara reprise their roles with undiminished comic zest and supernatural gusto.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
Make the dough: Add the flour, whole eggs, egg yolk (reserve the white for brushing on later), honey, oil, ground coriander, orange zest and salt to the preferment.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
Add salt, sugar, lemon zest, 2 tablespoons of cinnamon.
—Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Zest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zest. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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