TIP OF THE DAY: Fruit Soup

You don’t have to turn on the stove or the oven to make this refreshing dessert: fruit soup. Made from fresh or dried fruit, served hot or cold, fruit soups are underrepresented on American menus. Yet, they offer variety year-round. Cold soups tend to be made with seasonal fruit and are thus served in warmer…
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RECIPE: Blackberry Mojito

Enhance the celebration of National Mojito Day, July 11th. There’s enough red, white and blue here for Independence Day; but take advantage of summer’s lush blackberries to whip them up all season long. The Mojito (pronounced moe-hee-toe) is Cuba’s most famous cocktail. This variation adds fresh fruit to the original recipe. It is important that…
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Celebrate National Mojito Day With 3 Mojito Recipes

July 11th is National Mojito Day, and the Hard Rock Cafe is mixing up a storm. They sent us three recipes. The classic Mojito is a blend of white rum, club soda, sugar/simple syrup, lime juice, mint leaves, and ice. To vary the recipe, mixologists switch out the drink’s original muddled mint flavor with coconut,…
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