Cheeky Habanero Hot Honey Syrup Makes Sweet Heat Easy

[1] A bottle of Habanero Hot Honey Syrup has many uses in the kitchen. See them below (photos #1, #2, and #3 © Cheeky Cocktails). [2] The two-ounce size makes tasty party favors and stocking stuffers. [3] It’s time to bring back the Bee’s Knees gin cocktail—and make it spicy! The recipe is below. [4]…
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Hop Into Easter With This Tequila & Carrot Cocktail Recipe

Instead of the conventional glass of wine poured while waiting to sit down for Easter dinner, how about a carrot cocktail? This recipe is from Chef Richard Sandoval, proprietor of two haute Mexican restaurants in Manhattan we love: Maya and Tán. The recipe follows, but first: > The history of carrots. > The history of…
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Frozen Peanut Butter & Banana Bites Recipe For National Banana Day

[1] It’s easy to make frozen banana peanut butter bites for snacking or with after-dinner coffee (photo © Gelson’s). [2] Start with ripe banana slices (photo © Eiliv Sonas Aceron | Unsplash). [3] Add flavored PB for more pizzazz (photo © Peanut Butter & Co.). [4] The original recipe used walnuts but we prefer pecans…
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Dixie Grace’s Boiled Peanuts: Another Way To Enjoy Goobers

Truth to tell, we had never heard of boiled peanuts, a Southern specialty. While many Southern specialties—barbecue, chicken and waffles, cornbread, hot sauce, and pecan pie, for example—not to mention Bourbon—boiled peanuts had never crossed our path. But when Dixie Grace’s wrote to us to try her boiled peanuts—and added that there was a National…
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A Green Goddess Deviled Eggs Recipe & Easter Chocolate

[1] You don’t have to be a whiz with a piping bag to enjoy this Green Goddess pesto deviled egg recipe (photos #1, #5, and #6 © Woodhouse Chocolate). [2] No skill with piping is required, and the eggs will still look tempting. By the way, this particular green filling gets its color from avocado.…
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