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♦♦♦ Phooey on the calendar. Stir up {OK, or shake} these “Gin Cocktails for Year-Round Sipping.” Fill the glass with, e.g., a warming Spiced Maple Gimlet, refreshing Concord Grape Fizz, or the season-spanning Felicitation Punch, 10 in all. Food & Wine
And then, serendipitously, saw another tasty possibility on “Valerie’s Home Cooking” on Food Network.
Valerie Bertinelli’s cantaloupe gin fizz
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♦♦♦ A couple of articles here and there started me thinking about what a great and easy appetizer hides in a grilled cheese sandwich. Make ’em, cut ’em in fours, done. But the real magic here is all the possible variations. Tomatoes, bacon and additional cheeses have earned classic status. But what about ham, egg, salami, pepperoni, pureed veggies, grilled onions, avocado, chopped olives or gherkins, and combos thereof.
Our version adds in charred bell pepper strips and fresh parsley, and also reprised here a griller we’d made with spinach puree – that was created as a regular sandwich but just needs a whack! whack! and voila! snacks. Meanwhile, grilled cheese goes wild right here on one of our favorite sites. AllRecipes
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♦♦♦ Please note I have not tried this {well not totally}, but sure find it interesting enough to pass along. The wine.com site, mainly a really big online store, has a link on the page to connect with Your Personal Wine Concierge, where you can “Chat with our wine experts for tailored recommendations or explore curated guides in the ‘Discover’ Menu.” So what happened – I inadvertently engaged the link and I can tell you their response was immediate. Nice.
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♦♦♦ How cool is it to find an snack-y intersection between cute and easy. Talking here about the Micro Pop Popcorn Popper. Adorable! Wondering if it could be safe to just plop on a trivet on the happy hour table and let folks pour out servings. But even better is the convenience. Pops the stuff in a flash in the nuker without butter or oil. But want to add butter? – melt it right in the cover, which also serves as a measurer for the kernels. Dishwasher safe, 1- and 3-qt sizes, color choices, Prime eligible. And reasonable! Amazon
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♦♦♦ Food talk. Thinking for an enhancement or to cover up an oopsie, and in the process adding a welcome note of freshness. “Parsley makes everything pretty” – Ree Drummond on her Food Network Show, Pioneer Woman
Ree Drummond cookbooks ♦ Drummond’s page on Food Network
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