Luckily, moonshine isn’t overpowering when you bake with it, and I wanted to offer up some kind of hooch cake as a Virginia treat. Its vanilla-like flavor pairs well with chocolate, and the orange zest and nutmeg complement both.
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Café Cubano Batido
This recipe combines two of Cuba’s most beloved ingredients, coffee and rum, in a cinnamon-spiked drink perfect to kick off a lazy summer afternoon.
Mojito Cake with Rum-Infused Whipped Cream and Lime Zest
It’s a dessert you will remember, right down to your last rum-soaked bite.
Steven Raichlen’s Sweet-and-Smoky Barbecue Sauce
Ask most Americans to describe the perfect barbecue sauce and they’ll invoke a thick sweet red ketchup-based sauce with a zing of vinegar and a whiff of liquid smoke. In short, the sort of sauce Kansas City barbecue buffs have slathered on ribs and briskets for decades.
Champagne Mango Martini
After hearing Faith and Carole Peck rave on a recent show about the deliciousness of the champagne mangoes now in season, I was inspired to make a mango martini. First I peeled a mango and tossed it into a blender with a few tablespoons of turbinado sugar and about 1/3 cup of water, and puréed […]
The Healthy Frozen Piña Colada
From Faith: Normally I drink coladas under a palm tree for a week in the winter, but when I tried contributor Anthony DeSerio’s healthy piña colada, I knew it would be a go-to cocktail for friends straight through September. (Or longer!) Anthony said his first interest was in getting rid of that “blue can” store mix […]
