WATCH: Model Jourdan Dunn Kicks Off Season 2 Of ‘Life + Times’ Cooking Show
We’re ALL ABOUT pretty girls that can cook!!! Supermodel Jourdan Dunn is back on Jay-Z’s Life + Times YouTube channel, with another season of her delightful cooking show “Well Dunn with Jourdan Dunn.“
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YUM: @karla_deras of Karla’s Closet Shares Her Fav Salad Recipies
Turns out one of our favorite fashion bloggers, can also concoct a hell of a salad… Karla Deras of Karla’s Closet shares a few of her favorite recipes. No surprise the salads look as great as her wardrobe! Check it out…
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HAPPY HOUR: Sweet Spring Cocktail: Privateer
Spring is here and that means a couple things: Warm weather, spring flowers, and yummy cocktail recipes. Here’s a recipe that can def add a little step into your Spring step… Privateer 2 oz. Hennessy VS 3 oz. coconut water 3 strawberries ½ oz. lime juice 1/3 oz. agave nectar Garnish: StrawberryMuddle strawberries in a cocktail shaker. Add remaining ingredients and ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with a strawberry. VIA: Cosmopolitan
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THANKSGIVING EATS: Cranberry and Lime-Leaf Drunken Chicken
Food lovers rejoice… Its our favorite time of the year…Thanksgiving! So of course that means goodies galore! Looking for some A leisurely soak in a brine of cranberry juice, red wine, lime leaves, and herbs stained this chicken deep crimson before being roasted. The recipe takes its name from a classic Chinese method of marinating chicken in sweet rice wine—and proves that our beloved, all-American cranberry is more culturally versatile than we may think. Servings: Serves 6 Ingredients 1 (6-pound) roasting chicken , giblets removed 2 cups cranberry juice 1 bottle (750 milliliters) red wine Zest and juice from 2 oranges Zest and juice from 2 lemons 1 cup cranberries , fresh or defrosted 1/4 cup kaffir lime leaves , finely chopped 2 stalks lemongrass , finely chopped 1/4 cup fresh ginger , peeled and thinly sliced 1/4 cup fresh mint , finely chopped 2 Tbsp. whole pink peppercorns 1 Tbsp. whole black peppercorns 1 Tbsp. kosher salt Directions Active time: 30 minutes Total time: 9 hours to overnight At least 8 hours before serving, place all ingredients in a steel or glass bowl or a pot that is large enough to hold chicken and liquid. Cover and refrigerate at …
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15 Stylish Thanksgiving Table Settings
Whether your taste in tablescapes is subdued or sumptuous, get ready to give thanks in style. Browse photos of beautiful Thanksgiving table settings, centerpieces and accessories for ideas and inspiration. Natural Elements Look to nature for easy, elegant ways to embellish your Thanksgiving table. Rate My Space user chasingpaige brought the beautiful colors of fall to her table by incorporating gourds and pumpkins into her centerpiece and topping each place setting with a pear. Personalized Pumpkins Small details can make a big impact on your Thanksgiving table. Try tying handmade place cards to mini pumpkins for a personal touch that will make guests feel special. Fall Florals Create a floral centerpiece fit for Thanksgiving by adding berries or mini pumpkins to an arrangement of red, orange and yellow flowers. Rate My Space user patrick paired this warm floral centerpiece with ice-blue place mats for a striking contrast. Appealing Palette Choosing a color scheme is a great starting point for setting your Thanksgiving table. Rate My Space user nyclq opted for chocolate brown contrasted with crisp white — a perfect palette for fall that also complements her dining room’s decor. Candleholder Conversion Try using items you already own in a creative …
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Selling Wine – The Wine Retailer
Anyone who has ever designed food and beverage packaging knows how difficult it is to stand out in the crowded sameness of food stores. This difficulty is magnified in the wine category. You must, in essence, express the wine’s distinctive qualities in the tiny space of the label, the cap, and perhaps some carton or POS applications. To make matters worse, various laws and regulations require that much of the label space is taken up by small print. There is also very little cost-effective wiggle room in the basic package: the bottle. Bottles are universally more or less the same, and the sameness is dictated by standardized manufacturing, transportation, storage and displays. Wine quality plays a major role in this as well, as does consumer perception. Wine that comes out of a box or a plastic container just doesn’t feel quite right. In the retail selling environment, education and information now also demand their share of space as more and more novices want to know about wine. For the wine retailer, and for the designer of spaces where wine is sold, all of this poses a challenge: How to display hundreds of seemingly similar bottles in an attractive, interesting and functionally effective way. …
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HAPPY HOUR: Election Night Drink Recipe: El Presidente Cocktail
It goes without saying if you regularly read this column you like to mix up drinks for most any occasion, so why not one for election night? Perhaps you waited until the last minute to decide how you’ll cast your ballot and need a sip for pondering, or maybe you just want to toast the fact that the whole thing is finally over. Either way the El Presidente cocktail is the perfect pick for this week’s happy hour. The history of this drink dates back to heyday of Old Havana when Americans under Prohibition went in search of rum and some fun in the sun. A jaunt down to Cuba delivered a dose of both. The name itself and the fact that it’s delicious, makes it ideal for any election night party, or a simple toast to your candidate of choice. So get to stirring for a very happy happy hour in ten minutes time. Other options for election night: • If rum isn’t on the bar how about an Americano? • Or choose one from the great American cocktail crawl to toast. El Presidente Cocktail Makes 1 drink1 ounce light rum 1 ounce dry vermouth 1 teaspoon grenadine 1 teaspoon curaçao Twist of …
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HAPPY HOUR: 10 Delish Halloween Drinks
Sure, Halloween is all about dressing up and eating candy. But these yummy drinks will make the holiday even better. After Dark 1 oz. SVEDKA Clementine Vodka ½ oz. sour cherry schnapps 1 oz. mango juice ½ oz. orange juice Splash of lime juice Garnish: candy cornCombine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake gently and strain into a glass. Garnish with candy corn.Source: SVEDKA Itsy Bitsy 1 oz. X-Rated Fusion Liqueur ½ oz. SKYY Vodka 1½ oz. black raspberry liqueur 3 blackberriesMuddle blackberries in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and remaining ingredients. Shake vigorously and strain into a martini glass.Source: SKYY Vodka R.I.P. 1½ oz. vanilla vodka ¾ oz. Hiram Walker Pumpkin Spice Liqueur 1½ oz. orange juice 1 lemon wedge, juicedCombine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a glass.Source: Renaissance Hotels Witch’s Brew 1½ oz. rum 1 oz. pineapple juice 1 oz. cranberry juice 2 oz. lemon-lime sodaCombine all ingredients in a glass filled with ice and stir.Source: Haven Rooftop at The Sanctuary Hotel NYC Midori’s Spider Kiss 1 oz. Midori Melon Liqueur …
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YUM: How To Make Cake Pops
Cake balls, cake pops, cakesicles — have you tried them? They swept the internet like a tidal wave over the last few years, thanks in part to the delightful and amazing creations of Bakerella and other creative cooks. Cake pops are basically little smushed balls of cake and frosting (kind of like when you used to smash your birthday cake all in pieces, maybe with ice cream, and eat it as goop). You bake up a cake, let it cool, tear it into fine crumbs, stir in something to hold it all together, and roll it in balls. Easy! They’re terribly cute, and they’re also a great way to use up leftover cake. These are incredibly delicious, over the top little morsels. The chocolate shell gives way with a little snap to a moist and soft inside, like a brownie that melts in your mouth. They’re not as rich as chocolate truffles, but they are still quite sweet. Special occasion treats only, but oh how people love them! Here’s how to do it yourself, and do it from scratch, too. Most recipes call for a boxed cake mix and canned frosting, but why not go with homemade, as long as you’re …
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YUM: How To Make Easy Chicken Noodle Soup
This easy chicken soup is miles better than anything from a box or a can, but isn’t quite so laborious as starting with a whole chicken and making stock from scratch. You’ve got the sniffles. It’s chilly outside. You want nothing more than to wrap yourself in a big ol’ blanket and settle down with a mug of chicken noodle soup. Am I right? Then this is the recipe for you. It’s miles better than anything from a box or a can, but isn’t quite so laborious as starting with a whole chicken and making stock from scratch. It’s the Goldilocks of chicken soups, and it’s just right. This shortcut chicken soup gives you real shreds of meaty chicken, and a broth with delicious extra richness. But it doesn’t take the hours of a full old-fashioned chicken soup, where you use a whole chicken to make stock, then take the chicken apart piece by piece for the soup. It’s a quicker version, yes, but one that stays true in spirit and taste to the most old-fashioned sort of homemade chicken soup. Brothy, golden, nourishing — this is real chicken soup — just a little bit faster. I prefer using chicken thighs for this soup. …
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