Everyone wants to feel a little special during the holiday season. An easy–and tasty–way to do that is to shake up Christmas dinner with our Lemon-Rosemary Roasted Cornish Hens! Once you roast up ...

Understanding the Context

When The New York Times Cooking newsletter featuring Lidey Heuck's recipe for 20-Minute Lemon Pepper Chicken arrived in my inbox last week, I knew immediately what we were having for dinner that night ... 1. About an hour ahead, remove the Cornish game hens from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature. 2.

Key Insights

Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Slice 2 of the lemons paper thin with a knife or a mandoline. The Boston Globe: Recipe: Glazed Cornish hens with citrus and honey make a fine party dish Though often called game hens, a Cornish hen is not actually a game bird or even necessarily a hen, but a type of small chicken, extra tender with a thin skin. They make a fine party dish. Splash them ...

Final Thoughts

Recipe: Glazed Cornish hens with citrus and honey make a fine party dish Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: FRONT BURNER | OPINION: Make Lemon-Pepper Chicken better with homemade seasoning Lemon trees, on the other hand, will grow to be 10 to 20 feet tall. Look at the leaves. When the flowers are in bloom, the flowers of a lemon tree will have purple blush, while the flowers of a lime tree have white blush. Also, most lemon tree leaves will be larger in size than lime trees, ranging from 4 to 5 inches in length.