Birthday Festivities & Recipes For National Pina Colada Day

June 10th, yesterday, was National Pina Colada Day, and we may have had one too many to celebrate the 70th anniversary of our favorite sweet cocktail. One of the most iconic classic cocktails—and our favorite sweet cocktail—the Piña Colada turns 70. Bartender Monchito Marrero created the first Piña Colada in 1954 at The Caribe Hilton…
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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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A Balsamic Negroni Recipe For Negroni Week

[1] A Negroni (photos #1 and #2 © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [2] Stir it and strain it. [3] A bottle of Campari will keep you in Negronis for some time (photo Wikipedia).   This is Negroni Week, celebrated worldwide the third full week each September. THE NIBBLE team sat down with a pitcher…
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8 Mile Vodka Wins Top Honors At International Competitions

[1] The champion: 8 Mile Vodka (photo © 4 Detroiters Liquor LLC). [2] A vodka Martini with a special olive garnish (photo © The Skylark | NYC).   And the winner is: 8 Mile Vodka, which has just bested other super premium vodkas from around the world. The Michigan-based producer of “the water of life”*…
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Recipes With Pineapple Juice For National Pineapple Juice Day

[1] Serve pineapple juice on the rocks with a wedge of fresh pineapple (photo © Denys Gromov | Pexels). [2] Make a no-bake pineapple cheesecake. Here’s the recipe (photo © Kraft Recipes). [3] Spiced Pineapple Rum Punch. Here’s the recipe (photo © Koloa Rum). [4] Pineapple Pound Cake. Here’s the recipe (photo © Hannah Kaminsky…
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