Deconstructed Food Recipes: Deconstruct Your Favorite Foods

For National Black Forest Cake Day, March 28th, we deconstructed the Black Forest Cake (photo #1), inspired by the dessert (photo #2) at Compère Lapin in New Orleans. We had so much fun with it, that today’s tip is: Deconstruct one of your favorite recipes. Here’s what we did with Black Forest Cake, but you…
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20 Spinach Recipes & Spinach History For National Spinach Day

These 20+ spinach recipes give you more than enough ideas for celebrating the year’s 7 spinach holidays: January 17: Popeye The Sailor Man Day March 26: National Spinach Day June 17: National Eat Your Vegetables Day July 16th: National Fresh Spinach Day September, 2nd Full Week: National Folic Acid Awareness Week October: Spinach Lovers Month…
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PRODUCT: Facundo Baccardi Premium Rum & A Chocolate Banana Cocktail Recipe

[1] Chocolate banana cocktail. The recipe is below (photos #1, #2 and #3 © Bacardi). [2] Ready for its close up: Facundo Neo rum. [3] The Facundo Bacardi Rum Collection.   Weekends are a time for testing new cocktail recipes. The Chocolate Banana Cocktail Recipe below is from the Facundo Rum Collection, a luxury portfolio.…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Seed + Mill Halva Is Artisan Halva Heaven

[1] Clockwise from top: rose, cinnamon, pistachio and coffee (all photos © Seed + Mill). [2] Chocolate chile halva. [3] Lavender halva. [4] From the front: chocolate orange, date, lemongrass and marble. [5] Caffeinated, with ground coffee beans. [6] Vanilla topped with Pop Rocks. [7] A halva dessert plate: mixed flavors and fruits. [8] Dessert…
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RECIPE: Melba Toast Recipes & History For National Melba Toast Day

[1] Melba toast and olive tapenade. Here’s the recipe from Sprinkles & Sprouts (photo © Sprinkles & Sprouts). [2] Chicken liver paté and Melba toast, with a dab of marmalade. recipeHere’s the recipe from Drizzle And Drip (photo © Drizzle And Dip). [3] Salmon tartare and melba toast. Here’s the recipe from Olive Magazine. Crackers…
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