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Making Hot Cross Buns at home – an Easter tradition
If you ever had to learn to play the recorder in elementary school, you probably learned the song “Hot Cross Buns”. “One ha’ penny, two ha’ penny.” You know the one. If you’ve never actually eaten a...
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Mai Tai cocktail – the classic Tiki drink
It's Memorial Day weekend – the official start to summer. Time to put away the dark whiskeys and brandies and pull out the lighter liquors and start pouring the fruity drinks. In that spirit, why don't...
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Tofu Crab Cakes recipe
It's summer and some of the classic tastes of the season derive from our memories of trips to the beach. Fried clams, fresh oysters, shrimp boils, lobster rolls. Seafood evokes the smell of the ocean...
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Caipirinha – celebrating the World Cup with Brazil’s national drink
We are now into Week Two of this year's World Cup, hosted by Brazil. Maybe, like most Americans, you just aren't into it. Personally, I'm excited by the non-stop world-class soccer that is being played...
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Piccalilli Pepper Relish
There is an American tradition of pickling and canning that goes back to the early settler days. Because of the seasonal uncertainty of food sources and the lack of refrigeration, it was really...
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Ruby Red Martini
Even as the summer feels like it's winding down, it is hot as heck outside here in Atlanta. The Friday night cocktails have to still be something cool and refreshing. This week, I'll pour a mix of...
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Tiki classic – The Zombie cocktail
In the great pantheon of classic tiki cocktails, the Zombie has to be one of the best. The Zombie Cocktail is a blend of rums, citrus, pineapple and spice. Invented by Don the Beachcomber, or Donn...
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How to make a shrub syrup
If you are into making cocktails at home, you have probably tried and mastered some of the classics-the Margarita, the Martini, the Manhattan. But if you've stretched your mixology skills beyond that,...
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Fall Spice Apple Brandy Punch
Of all the things that are great about the fall (and there are so many), the beginning of the holiday season and all the food and drink that is to be had certainly tops my list. One of our fall rituals...
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Drynuary for Hungry Again
This January, I tried something that I haven't done since I was pregnant with my last baby. A month of sobriety. It's known as Drynuary, but let's just call this my Month of Drinking Club Soda. Why...
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