Kahlúa Ice Cream Float Recipe For National Kahlua Day

[1] Cool off with coffee liqueur and ice cream. Here’s a recipe that also includes vodka, from Onion Rings And Things (photo © Onion Rings And Things). [2] You can make this float with coffee or vanilla ice cream…or a scoop of each. Here’s the recipe for this homemade coffee ice cream (photo © Baked…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Frozen Lemonade

August 20th is National Lemonade Day. When life gives you a lemonade holiday, make frozen lemonade! We were inspired by the photo from Earl of Sandwich to make our own frozen lemonade. The ingredients are simple, but you need an ice cream machine to make a frozen slurry, as if you were making lemon sorbet.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Berry-Custard Dessert Cocktail

More berries and less custard lower the calories in this delicious dessert. Photo courtesy Ruth’s Chris Steak House.   Since it’s National Vanilla Custard Day, today’s tip is a way to enjoy custard with fewer calories. Just “pad out” the custard with low-calorie berries. BERRY CUSTARD COCKTAIL RECIPE Ingredients Mixed berries Vanilla custard (substitute vanilla…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sip Some Aged Rum & The Different Types Of Rum

The Caribbean is home to rum, a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugar cane. The clear distillate is then aged in oak barrels for various lengths of time, the process that creates the different types of rum. Your acquaintance with rum may be via a Daiquiri, Hurricane, Mojito, Piña Colada or Rum and Coke (a.k.a.…
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The Different Types Of French Fries: A Glossary

Today, August 12th, is National Julienne Fries Day. We’re here to talk French fries, julienned, and beyond. First, what are julienne fries? How do they fit in with all the other types of fries? Julienne is a French cutting technique, typically for vegetables, in which the food item is cut into long thin strips, similar…
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