How to Cut a Lemon Wedge Garnish

Serve with lemon wedge garnishes (see How to Cut a Lemon Wedge Garnish, left) or keep in the refrigerator for up to a week. 

Down South, the mixture of iced tea with lemonade in equal proportions is called a Half and Half. Legend has it that Arnold Palmer, the famous American golfer, ordered this drink in a bar in Palm Springs circa 1960, and it became forever associated with him—thus the Arnold Palmer. Some people say an Arnold Palmer is actually a Half and Half with a j igger of vodka, so the nonalcoholic version is a Virgin Palmer. Replace the vodka with beer and you get a Hard Palmer.  

Next to washing dishes and toasting bread, chopping onions may be the most common task in the kitchen. Learn to do this cleanly and swiftly, and you ll have mastered the foundation of many recipes. 

TO MINCE Use the same technique, but make three horizontal cuts as well, bracing the onion gainst your curled-under fingers (cuttir toward the root) before rotating and crosscutting. 

TO SLICE Simply cut the onion halves into half-moons, and don t crosscut. 

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