DailyWaffle

The Cocorano – Coconut Gin Fizz with Dry Sparkling Serrano Pepper

Linger in Denver, Colorado knows how to do brunch. The food is always fantastic, but maybe more importantly they've got a small, but solid selection of brunch drinks. The coconut gin fizz is the kind of brunch cocktail you could lose a Sunday to, so good you can't stop throwing them back. I'm not usually a big…

June 24, 2016

Summer Pasta Solution #1 – Penne with Zucchini, Ricotta & Chickpeas

Summer is officially here! And along with the beach parties, cookouts and s'mores, it's time to complain about zucchini! Get ready, overzealous gardeners every where are about to start leaving crazy amounts of zucchini on your doorstep. I've never been lucky enough to live next door to someone whose zucchini crop gets out of control every…

June 20, 2016

Dessert Recipes

Peach Melba Ice Cream – the Easy Way

I think of Peach Melba as an old school dessert. It's true, the real peach melba dates back to the 1890s, but for me, it dates back to the 1980s when that peach-raspberry combo was my mom's fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt of choice. This week, it's the dessert of choice and the best part is, you can…

June 17, 2016

Main Course Product Review

REVIEW| Target’s Archer Farms Ramen Soup Starters

Ramen has officially gone mainstream. Target is offering “premium ramen” under its Archer Farms brand in four varieties – pork, beef brisket, mushroom and chicken teriyaki. {Record scratch} Chicken Teriyaki?! The new offerings use “ramen” as an Asian noodle soup catch-all and actually include rice noodles along with the ramen and udon options. If you…

June 16, 2016

Main Course Recipes

What’s New: Diestel Turkey Chorizo Tacos

Chorizo is one of those love it-or-hate-it foods. My aunt used to make tacos with half chorizo, half ground beef and the red grease would run out the back of the tortilla and down your arm as you shoved the taco in your mouth. It was glorious. Obviously, I'm in the love it camp, but chorizo…

June 14, 2016

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton (Hudson Valley Series #2)

   -  Cream of the Crop by Alice Clayton (Hudson Valley Series Book #2) **ARC provided by the publisher for review** Let’s just say I’ve had brie on the brain for the last few weeks. Not unlike Natalie Grayson, the heroine in Cream of the Crop (Hudson Valley series book #2). In Cream…

June 6, 2016

Beverages Entertaining Recipes

Rhubarb Apple Vodka Collins Featuring Dry Sparkling Fuji Apple

Ginger ale, club soda, and tonic are your three standard mixers. Coke and 7-up sometimes make appearances, but it's time to take another look the next time you're walking down the soda aisle. There are a slew of new options in craft soda, squarely aimed at the mixology opportunity. Players big and small are getting in…

June 2, 2016

Recipes Salads Side Dishes

I Don’t Even Like Radishes Salad

My husband doesn't eat mayonnaise. He's lucky. Mac salad holds zero --no, less than zero--interest for him. But I'm not going without. When it comes to summer barbecues, I usually end up making a couple of salads. Mac salad for me, and something else for him. After seeing a couple of Instagram friends post pix of…

May 31, 2016

Baking Pizza Recipes

Friday Night Slice: Asparagus Flatbread with Kalamatas & Mama Lil’s Peppers

Asparagus is so good on pizza, I had to do it two ways this week. Sunday's edition was for the asparagus purist -- dough simply stretched and brushed with olive oil, sprinkled with red pepper flakes, then topped with mozzarella and fontina. The asparagus spears are cut in half, and the bottoms are cut into…

May 27, 2016

Events Travel

Feast Tofino: Long Table Dinner at Pacific Sands Resort

Dining al fresco looks and sounds fantastic, whether you're sitting out in a vineyard or in an alpine meadow or beside the ocean. The Pacific Sands Resort was a gorgeous spot for Feast Tofino's Long Table dinner. We had great weather that week, so on a sunny, but still-chilly-at-the-beach evening, we gathered with 50-60 of…

May 26, 2016