Best Strawberry Margarita Recipe Ever

August 10, 2012.   Categories Cocktails, Featured, Summer.

Best Strawberry Margarita Recipe Ever

This margarita is ridiculously delicious. It is possibly the best strawberry margarita recipe ever. Seriously. I posted it earlier this week on Babble. It takes some time but the rewards are worth the effort. Nothing tastes more like summer than the fruity and tart flavor combination of strawberries and rhubarb. If you love those flavors too then this marg is for you! I received this recipe in an email this spring from our local culinary school...

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Bing Cherry Mojito

July 22, 2011.   Categories Chef Viviane Banquet Farre, Cocktails, Contributing Chefs.

Bing Cherry Mojito

You know summer has arrived when your finger tips are consistently stained from the sweetness of fresh cherries. The seasonal deliciousness of this fruit was used in a refreshing mojito by Chef Vivianne Bauquet Farre on her beautiful site, Food and Style.  The result is a unique twist of the usual mojito that is perfect for a summer evening on your deck. Bing Cherry Mojito – Recipe serves 2 active time: 10 min 1/2 large lime...

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Raspberry Champagne Fizz

December 30, 2010.   Categories By Holiday, Chef Viviane Banquet Farre, Christmas, Cocktails, Desserts, Frozen Drinks and Cocktail Pops, Ice Cream, New Years.

Raspberry Champagne Fizz

An elegant New Years spin on the ice cream float, this beautiful raspberry champagne fizz by Chef Viviane Banquet Farre will delight your guests. It’s so easy to make, you can actually enjoy your party instead of worrying about preparing and serving dessert. I was not surprised to find such a lovely and festive idea on Viviane’s website, which is appropriately named – Food and Style.  With a flair for all things beautiful...

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Halloween: Using Dry Ice for Party Drinks

October 24, 2010.   Categories By Holiday, Cocktails, Halloween.

Halloween: Using Dry Ice for Party Drinks

Halloween: Using Dry Ice for Party Drinks It’s Halloween and nothing looks spookier then a steaming caldron on your beverage table.  To make your favorite potion, you won’t have to cast a spell but you will need some dry ice.  Dry ice has long been used to create creepy atmosphere at parties.  The rolling mist it creates transforms an everyday cocktail or punch into a bone-chilling brew. Most grocery stores or fish departments will have...

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176 Best Homemade Popsicle Recipes

July 30, 2010.   Categories Best of the Web, Frozen Drinks and Cocktail Pops.

176 Best Homemade Popsicle Recipes

I’ll admit it.  I’m a card-carrying popsicle addict.  As I’ve mentioned in another post, I crave them like a child when I’m sick… and want to add a little vodka to them when I’m well!  Once you start making them at home, you won’t buy the commercial food-dye ladened boxes of them at your grocery store. If you’re looking for the best homemade popsicle recipes, then you’ve come to the...

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Easy Homemade Popsicles

June 20, 2010.   Categories Desserts, Frozen Drinks and Cocktail Pops, Kitchen Tools, Popsicles and Ice Pops.

Easy Homemade Popsicles

Homemade Popsicles! Photos by Zoku and Williams-Sonoma I’ve loved popsicles my whole life!  It’s possible that I love them more than ice cream.  To this day whenever I have a cold, I send my husband out for two “medicinal” remedies…. hot and sour soup and popsicles!  The downside is the commercial packaged popsicles are loaded with sugars, food colorings and other chemicals.  They just aren’t good for...

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