National Chop Suey Day: What Is Chop Suey & The History Of Chop Suey

Updated August 2026 August 29th is National Chop Suey Day. Chop suey is often described as a Chinese-American invention, but its history is more complicated. The dish has Chinese antecedents, including Taishanese forms known as tsaap slui, while the version that became familiar in U.S. Chinese restaurants developed and evolved in America. Even the hit…
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RECIPE: Make A Hurricane Cocktail

[1] A Hurricane cocktail served in the traditional Hurricane glass, fashioned after a hurricane lamp (photo © Alex 9500 | Panther Media). [2] The Hurricane is so popular that the Hard Rock Cafe in Stockholm has its own printed Hurricane glasses (photo © Bacardi Rum | Facebook). [3] Gosling’s Black Seal dark rum (photo ©…
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TIP OF THE DAY: What To Do With An Unusual Liquor Gift

You may receive a bottle of unusual spirits or liqueur* that you don’t know what to do with. Think smoked salmon-flavored vodka or chartreuse liqueur. Don’t stick it in a closet and forget about it. Our parents’ liquor closet grew and grew for 30 years, until the house was sold and a bar’s worth of…
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