Cheers! The Top Vodka Cocktails For National Vodka Day

Vodka lovers: Today’s your day to decide which of America’s favorite vodka cocktails you’d like to have. If the answer is “just shots,” that’s O.K. with us. We celebrated with these on October 4th, National Vodka Day. Below: > America’s top 10 favorite vodka cocktails. > The 12 leading vodka brands in the U.S. >…
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A Golden Accident: The Story Of Blonde Chocolate

For more than 80 years, you could purchase only three types of chocolate bars: dark chocolate (launched in 1847), milk chocolate (debuted in 1875), and white chocolate (arrived in 1930). Few people realize that in 2012, a fourth chocolate joined the group. Valrhona introduced blonde chocolate (which it trademarked under the name Dulcey®), discovered in…
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Have A Mooncake Tea Party For China’s Mooncake Festival

[1] A plate of red bean mooncakes (photo © Omnivore’s Cookbook). [2] Traditional mooncakes with a pot of Chinese tea (photo © In Pursuit Of Tea). [3] A stack of mooncakes with both traditional and modern designs (stack adapted from Vogue). [4] A traditional mooncake—lotus seed paste and duck egg yolk—from Hong Kong’s most famous…
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