Sorbet Dessert Cocktails & The Different Types Of Sparkling Wine

Drinking your dessert is especially delightful on a warm summer night. Make a “dessert cocktail” with different types of sparkling wine. The different types of sparkling wine are below. Start with a scoop of your favorite sorbet in a wine glass or stemmed dessert dish; top with sparkling wine and an optional garnish. You can…
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PRODUCT: Bombay Sapphire Gin & Bombay Sapphire East

Gin and tonic is the world’s favorite gin drink and a classic summer cocktail. After all, it was invented in the heat of India, for soldiers and civilians of the British Raj. (Raj is the Hindi word for reign, and is the term often used to describe the period between 1858 and 1947 before Indian…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Mixed Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad

So simple but so delicious, the Caprese salad (insalata caprese in Italian) layers slices of tomato and mozzarella di bufala* with fresh basil. The dressing is a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. The salad is named after the Italian island of Capri, where it was widely popularized in the 1950s following its “discovery”…
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PRODUCT: Coconut Grater From Microplane

Your coconut cake deserves fresh-grated coconut. Photo courtesy Taste Of Home. Here’s the recipe.   Recently, the folks at Microplane wrote to tell us that their Microplane Elite Extra Coarse Grater was terrific for grating coconut. The grater has large grating holes that give fresh coconut a texture similar to commercial shredded coconut—but if you’re…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Vegetable Bouquet

Irresistible crudités for kids. Photo courtesy Living Locurto.   Hey there, Edible Arrangements: You’re missing out on dazzling vegetable bouquets like these. The vegetable arrangements were created by blogger Amy Locurto of LivingLocurto.com, who developed the veggie bouquet concept to entice her children to eat more vegetables. Serve them at home, or bring them to…
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