Mimosa Cocktail Recipe With An Aperol Spritz Mashup

[1] Blood orange Mimosa with reposado Tequila (photos © Cantera Negra Tequila). [2] Cantera Negra Reposado is aged for up to seven months in used Cognac and Bourbon barrels. [3] Silver Tequila is aged for up to four weeks. [4] A classic Mimosa made with fresh-squeezed orange juice and Freixenet Cava sparkling wine © Eric…
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Ice Cream + Mimosa: A Mimosa Float Recipe For National Mimosa Day

On May 16th you can celebrate National Mimosa Day with a standard Mimosa cocktail (Champagne and orange juice). Or, you can add a scoop of ice cream to turn that cocktail into a Mimosa Float. Serve it as dessert for brunch, cocktail time, or anytime. “I wanted to kick things up a notch, so I…
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Fattet Hummus Recipe For International Hummus Day

[1] There are many versions of fattet hummus. In the recipe below, cooked chickpeas are mixed with hummus and spooned, along with yogurt, over crispy bites of pita (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [2] A different type of fattet hummus, more in the bread pudding style. Here’s the recipe (photo © Eva Eats…
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It’s Drinking Water Week: Give Silent Thanks For Our Water

[1] Americans feel confident that their tap water is safe (photo © Cats Coming | Pexels). [2] Fill a pitcher with your municipal water—it’s safe (photo © Julia Zolotova | Unsplash). [3] You use the same safe municipal water to cook food (All-Clad gourmet pasta pot from Williams Sonoma; photo © Williams Sonoma). [4] Dasani…
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Raspberry Popover Recipe For National Raspberry Popover Day

May 3rd was National Raspberry Popover Day, but we saved this recipe for weekend breakfast. It was a big hit, the raspberries in counterpoint with the popovers’ egginess, the fruit brightened by lemon and orange zest. We’ll be making them again on Mother’s Day. Thanks to Driscoll’s the recipe to add their raspberries to what…
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