It’s Monday, so I’m guessing that cocktails might just be the last thing on your mind. However, it’s never too early to start thinking of great new recipes to try this weekend. The following concoctions feature Three Olives Vodka (did you know there are 16 flavors?!), some great for summer and others that’ll get you [...]

Yesterday, we brought you a yummy stuffed acorn squash recipe from Jill and Meghan Carle’s new cookbook, College Vegetarian Cooking (http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/tenspeed/). Here are two more healthful recipes that your favorite student is bound to gobble up:

Pizza
Makes 2 (8 by 14-inch) pizzas; serves 10
5 C all-purpose flour
2 T sugar
2 (1/4-ounce) packages active dry yeast
1 tsp. [...]

Sisters and Arizona State University students Jill and Meghan Carle are at it again with the new cookbook, College Vegetarian Cooking (http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/tenspeed/). The talented twosome also penned the popular Teens Cook Dessert (I think this book has the best sugar cookie recipe) and College Cooking cookbook. With their newest work, College Vegetarian Cooking, the sisters [...]

Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? Did you know that former President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month in 1984? Don’t you think that every month should be ice cream month? I digress. To celebrate this mmm-worthy month, Blue Bell has offered to share two delectable summer-friendly recipes featuring [...]

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s excerpt, Meringue Crispies, from Sur la Table’s and Cindy Mushet’s Baking Kids Love. Here’s another yummy recipe to try with your tots–perhaps for a Fourth of July barbecue next week? With the weekend finally upon us and the temps starting to rise outside, there’s not excuse not to spend the day [...]

 
This fall, a new cookbook will hit store shelves that will please both you and your littlest bakers: Baking Kids Love (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $20, October 2009), by Cindy Mushet and Sur la Table. (And did I mention that Baking Kids Love has the cutest cover in the history of cookbooks?) The book will feature [...]

Manicotti Quattro Formaggi
From Chef Peter DeRuvo of Sassi
Servings: Eight
2 15-ounce containers of whole-milk ricotta
2 Egg yolks, large
8 ounces Fresh mozzarella, cut into 1/4-inch dice
3 T Grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese, plus more for rolling and finishing the pasta
3 T Grated pecorino cheese
2 ounces Baked ham, from a deli slice 1/8 inch thick, cut into very small dice
1/3 [...]

Plan on packing a picnic or hosting a barbecue this weekend in celebration of Memorial Day? Here are some tasty, warm-weather recipes from The Food Network and its star chefs that would make for delicious additions to your long Memorial Day weekend.

Corn, Tomato and Avocado Salad
by Aida Mollenkamp
For the dressing:
1 1/2 C Packed fresh cilantro
1/2 [...]

I confess: I’m not a big root beer drinker. (I do like those root beer barrel candies, though, for some reason.) But with the introduction of Three Olives Root Beer Vodka, I might just need to give this old-fashioned favorite another try. Here are a few recipes to try (including an adult take on a childhood classic, [...]

Whether you’re attending one of these festive Valley Cinco de Mayo events (be sure to stop by el Pedregal in Cave Creek for the salsa festival tomorrow–I’ll be there as a judge. MMM!) or staying close to home, one of the tequila-fueled cocktails are most definitely in order.

Tropical Vanilla Margarita
1 oz. Tuaca
4-inch Pieces of fresh [...]