: a green or yellow aromatic citrus fruit whose acidic rind and juice are often used in Japanese cuisine
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Brewers at the fest poured Alsatian pilsners, Italian pilsners, rice bocks, beers brewed with ancho chiles, yuzu, watermelon and Hungarian grapes.
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Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
The cocktails center around seasonal ingredients—yuzu and neroli, tangerine and gentian—and owners Monica Berg and Alex Kratena find ingenious ways to highlight and amplify their simplicity of flavor.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 June 2025
These days, however, the citrus takes come more in the form of gourmet selections like yuzu — no doubt benefitting from the overlap between fragrance and skin care actives.
—Claire Sullivan, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025
To drink, pan-Asian inspired cocktails starring ingredients like yuzu, lemongrass, and Thai basil; plus local wines, and a sake list.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
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Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
The cocktails center around seasonal ingredients—yuzu and neroli, tangerine and gentian—and owners Monica Berg and Alex Kratena find ingenious ways to highlight and amplify their simplicity of flavor.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 June 2025
These days, however, the citrus takes come more in the form of gourmet selections like yuzu — no doubt benefitting from the overlap between fragrance and skin care actives.
—Claire Sullivan, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025
To drink, pan-Asian inspired cocktails starring ingredients like yuzu, lemongrass, and Thai basil; plus local wines, and a sake list.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
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“Yuzu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuzu. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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