Peak season for mandarin oranges is from early winter to early spring. They are smaller than regular oranges and are easier to peel; even in early March, grocery stores have stacks of clementines in crates, or piles of the bagged fruit.
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Flickr: Colemama There is something simple and refreshing about about sweet citrus fruits, and October through April is peak season for the tangerine. First cultivated in China and Japan over 3,000 years ago, tangerines are smaller, less tart, and easier to peel than the orange. Tangerine recipes, tips, and ideas after the jump....
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Writer, cooking teacher, and private chef Eric Gower, who blogs at The Breakaway Cook, has the skinny on making tangerine salt. "The salt is a wonder," Gower writes. "It turns a lovely shade of yellow-orange, smells fresh and toasty citrusy, and, sirenlike, beckons me to use it every time I go near it." I'd never really given tangerine salt much thought until reading Gower's words, but it sounds like a simple luxury that's both affordable and easy enough to make daily. Related Cook the Book: The Breakaway Cook...
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