ST. PATRICK’S DAY RECIPE: Ombre Three-Tiered Green Layer Cake

[1] Three shades of green for St. Patrick’s Day (photos #1 and#2 © McCormick). [2] Green food color does the trick. [3] Themed sprinkles make any cake or cupcake more festive. Find these on Amazon (photo © Man Vs. Cakes).   We love this festive cake from McCormick. It’s an ombre cake: Ombre is the…
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Easy Homemade Peanut Brittle Recipe With Irish Whiskey

[1] Homemade peanut brittle (photo © Janet Hudson | Wikipedia). [2] Try not to eat all the peanuts out of the bowl (photo © J. Irkaejc | Panther Media). [3] Sip some Irish whiskey with your brittle (photos #3 and #4 © Slane Irish Whiskey). [4] Or, add some whiskey to hot or iced coffee…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Green Deviled Eggs Recipe, Green Eggs & Ham

[1] We’ll be eating green on St. Patrick’s Day (photos #1 and #3 © Avocados From Mexico). [2] It’s also the perfect day for Green Eggs and Ham (photo © Food Network). [3] The green comes from creamy avocados.   Although we start every St. Patrick’s Day with a green bagel, each year we look…
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY: Guinness Fish & Chips Recipe

For St. Patrick’s Day, New York City’s historic Grand Central Oyster Bar, celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year, offers this “Centennial Classic” recipe: Guinness Battered Fish and Chips. Chef Sandy Ingber’s rendition is served daily throughout the year Mondays through Saturdays, for lunch and dinner. Since St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday this year…
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COCKTAIL RECIPES: “Green Beast” & More For National Absinthe Day & St. Patrick’s Day

March 5th is National Absinthe Day, celebrating a spirit that for almost a century was banned in the U.S. Here’s the history of absinthe. A green-colored spirit made from the flowers and leaves of the wormwood herb (Artemisia absinthium), absinthe was a favorite of Parisian writers and artists of the 19th century, who called it…
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