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Spiced pecans are fun to make and fun to eat. Photo courtesy Spice Islands. Mardi Gras is on Tuesday, but you don’t have to head to New Orleans or Rio de Janeiro to celebrate. Invite people over for celebratory cocktails, served up with spiced pecans and some New Orleans jazz. (And why not some…
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[1] Enjoy Irish whiskey on St. Patrick’s Day (photo © Jameson Irish Whiskey). [2] Have an Irish coffee. Here’s the recipe (photo © Slane Irish Whiskey). Bourbon, gin, scotch, tequila, vodka: You may have enjoyed one or more of these spirits lately. But what about Irish whiskey? Lighter than its cousin, scotch, Irish whiskey…
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Lacinato kale is also called dinosaur kale because of the bumpy texture of its leaves, which some saw as reminiscent of reptile skin. In Italy lacinto kale called cavolo nero, meaning black cabbage, and other names* (photo © Good Eggs). On St. Patrick’s Day, many of us will be wearin’ the green. But how…
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[1] Cahill’s Farm Cheddars get our vote for best-looking Irish cheese. Photo courtesy iGourmet.com. If you don’t have the time or inclination to cook up traditional Irish dishes, set out an Irish cheese board and some Irish beers. You’ll have to hunt for the cheeses (or you can buy them online). Irish artisan cheeses…
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We look at a lot of different cookbooks. No surprise, over the past couple of years we’ve seen a number of cookbooks riding the cupcake wave. The most memorable is Zombie Cupcakes: From the Grave to the Table with 16 Cupcake Corpses, by Zilly Rosen, a professional cake designer based in Buffalo, New York. Cooked…
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