Category: Holidays & Occasions

CINCO DE MAYO: Mexican Chicken & Rice Soup Recipe

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Soup for Cinco de Mayo. Photo courtesy Dole.   You could whip up some tortilla soup for Cinco de Mayo. Or, try this Mexican Chicken & Rice Soup. There are dozens of “Mexican-style” Chicken Soup recipes out there. This one is tasty and easy to make. Don’t omit the lime or the cilantro; both provide…
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RECIPE: Biscochitos, Cinco De Mayo Cookies

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Cookie maven Ann Clark of Make More Cookies wants more people to bake biscochitos. Crisp and crunchy, biscochitos are a cinnamon cookies, “a cross between shortbread and cinnamon toast,” says Ann. You don’t have to shape them like cactus or chiles; biscochitos are traditionally cut in a diamond shape for weddings or in a fleur…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Chocolate Ganache Pups

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If you know a mom who loves chocolate and dogs, is there a better Mother’s Day gift than these chocolate pup bonbons? Made by hand by Gearhearts Chocolates, the milk chocolate bonbons are filled with silky chocolate ganache, which is lightly infused with handmade peanut butter. And they’re guilt-free: Five percent of sales of Peanut…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Agua Fresca For Cinco De Mayo

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Make agua fresca for Cinco de Mayo. Photo © Raptor Captor | Fotolia.   In Spanish, agua fresca means fresh water. In culinary terms, it refers to a variety of refreshing cold drinks that are sold by street vendors and at cafés throughout Latin America; they’re also sold bottled and are whipped up at home.…
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Stoli Hot & Infused Jalapeño Vodka & A Recipe To Make Your Own

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Thinking ahead to Cinco de Mayo? Bring something hot to the party—a bottle of Stoli Hot vodka, with jalapeño flavor and a hint of chipotle smoke. You can also make your own (recipe below). Introduced last year as a new flavor, Stoli Hot is a reformulated version of the 1962 flavor, Pepper (Pertsovka). Another 1962…
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