SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA has the perfect climate for growing unusual citrus. Some of the more interesting include fruited blood oranges, fragrant-leaved kaffir limes and the surprisingly enormous pummelo.

Dwarf citrus trees make it possible to grow fresh fruit in small spaces, offering container-friendly options that thrive ...

Simultaneously, an email from my friend, Sarah, announces: “Our kaffir lime tree, a house-warming present eight years ago, has produced its first-ever harvest.” What to do with the fruit? Sarah ...

Kaffir lime leaves (also spelled kieffer) are used extensively in Southeast Asian cooking, where they lend the most wonderful and pungent citrus perfume and flavor to all manner of dishes including ...

I want to go to Big Mike’s for barbecue this summer. When a reader named Rosemary wondered if anyone had a recipe for Stickney’s barbecue sauce, Plates regular Linda Sue Liu sent her husband’s recipe ...

My mother, Pranee, just turned 80, and one of the great benefits of having her live with us is that we're growing close again and over the past few years, I've been learning how to cook many of my ...