RECIPE: Raspberry & Cream Croissants (Or Bagels)

[1] For breakfast, snack or dessert, here’s how to celebrate National Raspberries & Cream Day (photo © TruWip). [2] No time to hand-whip cream? Try Reddi-Wip in Original or Chocolate (photo © Reddi Wip). [3] Red raspberries are in season in summer, but available all year from greenhouses (photo © Good Eggs). [4] Seedless raspberry…
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Frittata For Dinner & A Kitchen Sink Frittata Recipe

For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, make a frittata (free-TA-ta). A frittata is an Italian-style omelet, set in the frying pan in the oven*—no folding required. We’ve been making them for years, because our omelets never looked neat enough and we had no patience to work on our technique. With an omelet, the filling ingredients are…
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RECIPES: The Top Rum Drinks For A Cocktail Party

[1] One of the top rum the top rum drinks, the Daiquiri, invented by an American engineer in Cuba (photo © TemperedSpirits.com). [2] The Dark & Stormy, made with dark rum (photo © Hyatt Regency| LA). [3] Our favorite rum cocktail is the Banana Daiquiri. Here’s a recipe from CookingWithCurls.com*. [4] The Sidecar. Does anyone…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Celebrate National Sandwich Month & National Panini Month

August is National Sandwich Month, time to move beyond your standard choices and try something different. Since August is also National Panini Month, we dragged the panini press out of the closet (no room on the counter!) and invited a group of friends to a “Panini Brunch.” They asked what they could bring, and we…
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OLYMPICS COCKTAIL RECIPE: The Caipirinha

What’s your weekend cocktail? For the next three weeks, when watching the Olympics, it could be the Caipirinha, the national cocktail of Brazil. It’s made with the national’s official spirit, cachaça. In the U.S., cachaça is considered “Brazilian rum,” but don’t call it that in front of a Brazilian! Rum is distilled from molasses, the…
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