Spiced fish (I used chum salmon, but it will work marvelously with all kinds of fish) pairs perfectly against the mellow and sweet/sour grapefruit and avocado salsa. When I make dessert, I have the added stress of trying to keep two ravenous little monsters (whom I love dearly) from trying to eat it for every meal. I already know how amazing Marie's dessert-making skills are and I wanted to try something else. Tacos are amazing, and you're crazy if you think that desserts trump tacos. "Alright," you say, "If the desserts are so amazing, why did you make tacos?" Simple, my friends. Probably shouldn't do that though (memo to self: scratch-and-sniff cookbooks?). The Mandarin and Raspberry Ricotta Tart makes me want to lick page 95. Honestly, all the food is amazing, but Marie has a particular penchant for making dessert look simultaneously fancy and approachable. As you might expect from Marie and her incredible, award-winning blog Food Nouveau, the desserts are jaw-dropping. Lemon, lime, orange, mandarin, grapefruit, pomelo, kumquat, yuzu and more are covered in the book's 128 pages, with recipes running the gamut from Citrus Hummus to Lime, Ginger, and Coconut Ceviche, to Grapefruit Upside Down Cake. Simply Citrus is a gorgeous, creative, and thoughtful cookbook dedicated to a wide variety of citrus-based delights. Needless to say, when the chance arose to read, review, and give away a copy of Simply Citrus by the wonderful and talented Marie Asselin came my way, I jumped at the opportunity. It's a little beacon of culinary hope, reminding us of the brightness and colour that will come our way in a few months, if only we can wait. I mean, can you imagine fish without lemon? Or a world without key lime pie? But perhaps most importantly of all, I feel like the bright, sunshiny, sweet-sour taste of citrus really adds life and colour to the colder winter months. It's a perfect addition to countless sweet and savoury dishes. I did a lot of research on citrus as I figured out exactly what I wanted to write about here, and how I wanted to communicate with the world, and my fascination has only grown. When I first started building Diversivore I used a few citrus varieties and recipes as building blocks and test pages. Citrus holds a special place in my heart for quite a few reasons. If you know me at all, you know I LOVE citrus.
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