February is National Pie Month. What do you need to make a pie? A rolling pin*, pie plate, and ingredients. But how about an embossed rolling pin that adds a design to your crust?

Designed by Rotate Rolling, these beautiful rolling pins create a perfectly textured crust for the top of a double-crust pie (including lattice tops).

You can also use your Rotate Rolling Pin—which comes in 16 designs—to create designs on:

 
 
DESIGNS FOR EVERYONE

The designs include:

 
The eco-friendly rolling pins are made from all-natural 100% beech wood, made to last a lifetime. The designs are laser-cut.
 
 
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For your home, and for gifts for friends who bake, head to RotateRolling.com.
 
 
> The different types of pie.

> The different types of cookies.

> The history of pie.

> The history of cookies.
 
 
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Don’t have a rolling pin? Use a wine bottle!

[1] Roll out a beautiful pie crust with one of 16 designs (all photos © Rotate Rolling).

[2] Cookies embossed with lovely leaves.

[3] Emboss your crust, cookies, fondant, or pasta with birds.

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[2] Eleven 20 makes tequila and mezcal.

[3] A classic Margarita (photo © Casa Noble Tequila).

There are plenty of chocolate cocktails to enjoy on Valentine’s Day, but here’s a selection of chocolate cocktails, starting with a S’mores Margarita. The recipe was created by Eleven20, a distiller of both tequila and mezcal.

But first: What is a Margarita?

The original Margarita, created in 1948, combined tequila, Cointreau, and lime juice: an orange-flavored tequila cocktail with a salt rim, served with a lime wheel (here’s the Margarita history).

It became so popular that these years later, the Margarita is always in the list of the Top 10 cocktails in the U.S., often at the top of the list.

Mixologists have played fast and loose with drinks they call “Margarita,” and the following recipe is an example. When is a Margarita not a Margarita? Read our rant on the topic here.
 
 
RECIPE: S’MORES MARGARITA

Using mezcal instead of tequila provides a bit of smoky “campfire” flavor.
 
 
Ingredients

Preparation

1. RIM the glasses. Moisten the rim with a lime wedge, then dip the rim of the glass in the chocolate (about 1/4″) and quickly twist it in a saucer of graham cracker crumbs.
 
2. COMBINE in a shaker the ice, tequila, chocolate liqueur, Grand Marnier, Marshmallow Fluff, and sour mix. Stir the liquid with a bar spoon to loosen up Fluff. Add ice and shake vigorously for 15-20 seconds. There will be small specks of Fluff throughout the cocktail.

3. FILL the rimmed glasses with ice and strain the drink into them.

4. GARNISH with three skewered mini marshmallows. Toast the marshmallows with a kitchen torch or other flame.
 
 
MORE CHOCOLATE COCKTAIL RECIPES

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Courtney Adeleye, founder and CEO of Olbali, a global multi-brand company, creates products that improve quality of life.

After many unsuccessful years of searching for coffee that delivered both flavor and strength, Courtney Adeleye decided to blend her own.

She tasted samples from all over the world: Africa, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Vietnam. She then came up with the perfect coffee blends that pleased her palate, delivering bold flavor and robust strength.

She named the brand Cool Coffee Clique™, and branded her flavors as Strong “AF” (i.e., Strong And Flavorful).

The brand currently offers three flavors of coffee, plus flavored teas and hot chocolate. The Cool Coffee Clique flavors, available in K-cups include:

 
Get your coffee on the company website or from Home Shopping Network.
 
 
> The history of coffee.

> The different types of coffee: a glossary.

[1] Double Chocolate Choco-No-Late Coffee is infused with chocolate flavors, but no calories (both photos © Home Shopping Network).

[2] The rose-decorated boxes are another nice touch for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and wedding showers.

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