Category: Food Holidays & More

TIP OF THE DAY: When Life Gives You Limes, Make Limeade

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Summer is lemonade season. But what about limeade, it’s oft-ignored sister? You can easily make a quart of limeade with a can of frozen concentrate. Limeade is a refreshing base for a cocktail. Fill a rocks or highball glass with limeade and ice; then add gin, tequila or vodka to taste. While frozen concentrate is…
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PRODUCT: Grow Your Own Tea

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If you live in hardiness zones 8-10—the southern United States—and have a spot with full sun, you can grow your own tea with plants from Burpee. One individual commenting on the Burpee website had success in Zone 6. Here’s the USDA map of hardiness zones. Tea, Camellia sinensis, is a perennial plant. The same plant…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Chocolate Ice Cubes In Vanilla Milk Or Cocktails

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Today’s tip might be a natural for Valentine’s Day, but we like it even more for the cold drinks of summer. These chocolate ice cubes are the brainchild of the Parisian chocolatier Jean-Paul Hévin. His Summer Chocolate Ice Cubes are simply a chocolate ice cream recipe that gets poured into ice cube trays instead of…
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