Your food's not underseasoned — it just needs lemon TODAY 3 hrs ago © Provided by TODAY Whether dressing a salad, finishing off seared scallops or squeezing into a drink, lemons are a handy, versatile ingredient in the kitchen. The acidic quality of lemon juice brightens up everything it touches. Yes, lemons are very commonly used in cooking, but they're still, somehow, underutilized. One of the first things that my former editor at Serious Eats, J. Kenji López-Alt, taught me, was that food often tastes underseasoned because it’s lacking acid. While a natural reaction might be to rea...