RECIPES: Juicy Cocktails Or Mocktails

Over the weekend, we made batches of these cocktail recipes from bartender Wells Adams of Bachelor in Paradise. Wells partnered with Tropicana to craft two juicy cocktails: Tropicana’s Tequila Sunset and Wells’ Watermelon Spritz. Both of our pitchers were emptied within an hour! You can turn either cocktail into a mocktail by substituting ginger ale…
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TIP OF THE DAY: No Bake Wafer Cake With Real Wafer Cookies

Summer is the time to eat a homemade dessert without turning on the oven. That means fruit salad, ice cream or no-bake cookies such as this recipe of cocoa, peanut butter and oats. Ice box cakes have long been popular, too: a layering of chocolate or vanilla “wafer” cookies with whipped cream. The recipe was…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Sitka Salmon Shares

[1] Freshly caught and skinned wild salmon (all photos © Sitka Salmon Shares). [2] Line-caught salmon. [3] After they’re caught, the fish are quickly processed. [4] They’re blast-frozen, and shipped by FedEx to your doorstep.   We were recently invited to try a sample of Sitka Salmon Shares. It’s a wild-caught Alaskan seafood delivery service.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: No-Cook Fresh Tomato Sauce

Whether you grow your own tomatoes or live near a supply of farm-grown beauties, put the summer abundance of fresh-off-the-vine tomatoes to use with this no-cook tomato sauce for pasta and pizza. We often make this recipe when we come across a lot of very ripe tomatoes, priced to sell. The recipe is from DeLallo,…
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