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How to Cook Escargots in Brandy Cream Sauce + Video
Feb13

How to Cook Escargots in Brandy Cream Sauce + Video

If you’re celebrating something special, Escargots in Brandy Cream Sauce is ready to impress! Whether it’s New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, a Birthday celebration or an Anniversary, this hors d’oeuvres course is the perfect choice. It’s elegantly presented in shell pasta, and rich & decadent in nature. Anyone who loves escargots, will go wild for this appetizer! Escargots in Brandy Cream Sauce: In...

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Lady Apple & Haskap Brandy Alexander Cocktail Video
Dec05
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How to Make Haskap & Lady Apple Brandy Video
Dec02
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How to Cook Kampot Pepper Apricot Brandy Sauce + Video
Apr04

How to Cook Kampot Pepper Apricot Brandy Sauce + Video

You will be so happy to have this recipe for Kampot Pepper Apricot Brandy Sauce on hand to enhance the flavors of your favorite dishes. This is a smooth, delicious sauce that goes well with barbequed foods, as well as oven roasted meats adding an elegant touch to any dish. Try it on pork, steak, chicken, and even fish or seafood would benefit from this flavor profile with a splash of citrus. On this night, I served it on top of BBQ...

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How to Brandy Peaches: National Brandied Fruit Day
Oct20

How to Brandy Peaches: National Brandied Fruit Day

National Brandied Fruit Day is October 20th, and we are celebrating with a Brandied Peaches recipe that will perfect for your Holiday entertaining. Fruits preserved in spirits or brandy prevent the fruit from breaking down or decaying, something like vinegar does. Brandied fruit is most commonly served over ice cream, puddings, cakes or compotes. The syrup is strained into a bottle or seal-able carafe, and can be used to impart flavor...

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How to Cook Brandy Cardamom Pumpkin Custard
Oct11

How to Cook Brandy Cardamom Pumpkin Custard

Funny…No one felt like pie this Canadian Thanksgiving. So, instead, I used this as an opportunity to play around with a dessert for our feast. Everyone in the family loves Chai flavors, so I tried to enhance our pumpkin spices with a bit of Indian flair adding cardamom. Then, well, alcohol enhances flavor and I used brandy for this recipe as it reminds me of the Holidays. Try this – it’s so fast and super easy to...

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How to Make Cherry Brandy n’ Coke
Dec28

How to Make Cherry Brandy n’ Coke

Cherry Brandy n’ Coke is a tasty twist on your typical alcoholic drinks with cola in them! This fun & delicious recipe may bring some people back to the days of Cherry Cokes from the soda jerk at a diner. My mother loves these! Type: Alcohol Drink Recipe Prep Time: 1 min Yield: As much as you’d like…1/2 cherry brandy, 1/2 Coke Ingredients: 1 part cherry brandy 1 part Coca-Cola – You could use Cherry Coke...

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How to Make Rice Horchata + Video
Apr14

How to Make Rice Horchata + Video

Never had Rice Horchata? You need to… This is a traditionally Spanish beverage, typically made out of tiger nuts or rice. Divinely creamy with notes of cinnamon & vanilla, perfect with our without ice. You can find this beverage in many areas of Latin or Hispanic origins, like South America, Mexico, even Southern Texas & California. Kids & adults love this smoothie-style drink, and it would be perfect to serve for...

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Gluten Free Tiger Nuts Winter Spice Cake & Hot Cake Sauce + Video
Nov26

Gluten Free Tiger Nuts Winter Spice Cake & Hot Cake Sauce + Video

Gluten Free Tiger Nuts Winter Spice Cake & Hot Cake Sauce are simply the perfect additions to your Holiday repertoire. Keeping in mind the dietary restrictions of family & friends, over the Holidays, doesn’t have to be a chore, boring or sub-par, when it comes to cooking & baking. This cake may be gluten free, but it’s every bit a delectable bake in its own right – now top that with a hot cake sauce &...

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Gluten Free Holiday Brandied Tiger Nut Fruit Cake + Video
Dec18

Gluten Free Holiday Brandied Tiger Nut Fruit Cake + Video

This Gluten Free Holiday Brandied Tiger Nut Fruit Cake will be the pièce de résistance of your Holiday table! Chock full of dried fruit, and topped with either fondant or icing, it’s not only a labor of love, but impressive beyond compare. Properly preserved, fruit cakes can be stored for many years – some stories we’ve heard have boasted serving 100 year old fruit cake. Gluten Free Holiday Brandied Tiger Nut Fruit...

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How to Bake a Winter Spice Cake + Gluten-Free Video
Jan07

How to Bake a Winter Spice Cake + Gluten-Free Video

On a snowy & blustery day, you’ll be glad to know how to bake Winter Spice Cake. Not to mention, we serve this cake with a Hot Cake Sauce – absolutely divine! Enjoy the warm aromas of comforting spices throughout the house, and bring smiles out on everyone’s face. Winter Spice Cake: Serve with ice cream, if desired, and the decadent, hot cake sauce, like flowing lava over a moist & fluffy volcano of a cake!...

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How to Bake Dark Brandied Christmas Fruitcake
Dec11

How to Bake Dark Brandied Christmas Fruitcake

In our house, we love Dark Brandied Christmas Fruitcake with warm spices and delicious dried fruits, always reminds me of the aromas of the Holidays. Even those, who say they don’t like fruitcake, rave about this Dark Brandied Christmas Fruitcake. It just isn’t Christmas, if our favorite fruitcake isn’t on our dessert platter of goodies. Note: This recipe calls for nuts, and since some people don’t eat nuts, I...

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February Food Holidays & Events
Feb01

February Food Holidays & Events

Here are February Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here & there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. Month Holidays: Berry Fresh Month: Tiger Nut & Berry Smoothies Browse Berry shows, Berry recipes How to Prepare & Eat Goldenberries – aka Peruvian Ground Cherries Blackberry Parfaits with Napa Valley Blackberry Ginger...

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