TIP OF THE DAY: Frosé, Frozen Rosé Wine Granita For Cocktails Or Dessert

[1] Frosé granita. [2] Frosé with ice cream (both photos courtesy Kim Crawford).   Call it a cocktail or call it dessert: We have long enjoyed a frozen rosé cocktail by scooping some sherbet in a glass and topping it off with sparkling wine or still or sparkling rosé. A couple of years ago, some…
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The Best Foods To Pair With Rosé Wines

June 10th is National Rosé Day. Unlike Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and the other grape varietals, there is no “rosé grape.” Rosé (French for pink) wine can be made from any variety of red grapes. As a result, the styles and flavors from different wine-making regions vary widely. The pink color occurs is when the red…
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RECIPE: Strawberry-Rhubarb Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting

Strawberry rhubarb bars, ready for dessert or a cup of tea (photo © Adore Foods). Strawberry and rhubarb, spring produce for a spring food holiday (photo © Dessert First Girl).   June 10th is National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day. (There are more rhubarb holidays, including January 23rd, National Rhubarb Pie Day, and October, National Rhubarb Month.)…
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RECIPES: Frozen Chocolate Cheesecake & Stout Pops, Chocolate Stout Float & The History Of Stout

Here are two fun, warm-day dessert recipes for the beer crowd, using stout. The history of stout is below, but let’s hop right to the recipes. Any stout pairs deliciously with anything chocolate. And chocolate stout (photo #1) pairs even better. RECIPE #1: FROZEN CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE STOUT POPS We are the Will Rogers of cheesecake:…
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FOOD FUN: Cheese Omakase, A Cheese Tasting Dinner

Like sushi? Like cheese? In honor of National Cheese Day, June 4th, combine them both. We don’t mean the Philadelphia roll, the only mainstream sushi with cheese (Philadelphia cream cheese and smoked salmon, to be precise. But last year, Rachel Freier, a cheese monger at Murray’s Cheese Bar in Greenwich Village, created a whimsical yet…
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