Vermouth Spritz Cocktail Recipe For National Vermouth Day

Unless you drink a glass of straight vermouth, there’s no easier way to celebrate National Vermouth Day than this Vermouth Spritz recipe. (The holiday is also known as World Vermouth Day.) A vermouth spritz, you say? But isn’t vermouth used in a Martini? The number-one use of white vermouth in the U.S. is in a…
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Peanut Butter Pucks: Gourmet Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

[1] Recchiuti Peanut Butter Pucks, the best peanut butter cups you’ll find (photos #1, #2, #3, #4 © Recchiuti Confections). [2] What’s inside the pucks: homemade peanut butter. [3] Peanut Butter Pearls, for when you only want a tiny taste. [4] Casting pearls before palates. [5] The original salted caramel dates back to France in…
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Espresso Martini Recipe For National Espresso Martini Day

May 15th is National Espresso Martini Day. Long before the first Espresso Martini, the first known recipe for a Martini, printed in 1888 and called the Martinez, lists its ingredients as gin, sweet vermouth, orange Curaçao, gum, and bitters, garnished with a lemon twist. That sweet profile is closer to what modern bartenders call a…
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Easy Corned Beef & Cabbage Broth Bowl Recipe For Leftovers

Pack your corned beef and cabbage leftovers into a hearty broth bowl (photo © Omaha Steaks).   Every November we’re flooded with recipes that use Thanksgiving leftovers: turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, all of it! We’ve tried leftovers recipes for muffins, omelets, pizza, tacos, waffles, and more: There are tons of Thanksgiving leftovers recipes. But…
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Biquinho Chile Peppers From Brazil, A Treat Pickled Or Raw

Move over peppadews: There’s a new mini chile to add panache to your food. Introducing binquino, a petite chile pepper that’s native to Brazil and sold in the US. Rating from 1,000 to 2,000 on the Scoville heat scale, it packs a wee punch—about the same as ground chili powder. The biquinho (bee-KEEN-yo), also known…
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