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Food and Cocktail blog with recipes and photographs. Denver, Colorado

I've always loved to cook for family and friends and almost 20 years ago starting keeping my recipes online. This blog grew from that effort and now I can share recipes with anyone who loves to cook and make cocktails like I do!

12/17/2025

𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗱
I made these for New Year's Eve last year so very few actually saw them and then this year? Well, I'm late, opps I forgot!

But really SO easy. It's meringue but baked and hardened and then topped with fruit and whipped cream. Make them for guests...they will think you worked all day! 😋
👇𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁👇

12/15/2025

𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗲

I first made this dessert when I lived in North Carolina, a lifetime ago! It's still a favorite and best of all; it is so simple to make.

👇𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁👇

12/14/2025

𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗺 (𝗙𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿)

I first starting making this batter for Hot Buttered Rum cocktails before I moved to Colorado...over 30 years ago! But we still love it today. It's mixed, frozen, and ready for company in an instant!

👇𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁👇

12/13/2025

𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗧𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲
I've made English Toffee for years and we loved it; I imagine many of you have as well. And then one day a friend offered me some from a Christmas gift she had gotten from one of her students.

It was different and better and hard to describe. The toffee flavor was great but it had something a bit extra and whatever it was, the toffee was a hint lighter and softer, not quite as brittle. How could it be toffee and not be brittle? Like I said, hard to describe!

I asked her if she could get the recipe and this is it. It doesn't matter how you include your chocolate or your nuts...it's one little teeny addition of something unexpected...SO good!
👇𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬👇

12/11/2025

𝑷𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑮𝒊𝒏 𝑭𝒊𝒛𝒛 𝑪𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍
I love this cocktail for the holidays; so beautiful and with a hint of rosemary, it's the perfect taste as well!
👇𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭👇

11/29/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞!

Love pomegranates but find them impossible to use because of the mess? Tried the 'tricks' including smacking them with a spoon or cleaning them underwater?

This is the most natural and best way to get the maximum number of arils with a minimal amount of mess!

https://creative-culinary.com/best-way-to-seed-pomegranates-recipe/

10/07/2025

𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬

Need to make a super easy treat for Halloween? It doesn't get much easier than transforming Nutter Butter Cookies into ghosts!

✅Recipe in First Comment

10/04/2025

𝐏𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬

I never got quite onboard with the coffee drink but I love these cupcakes made with espresso, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger that are topped with a mascarpone and whipped cream frosting, all topped with caramel sauce. SO YUM! 😋

08/03/2025

𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐄 - 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞
My daughter introduced me to this recipe for Tomatillo Salsa Verde years ago...and now it's a summer staple. Though they may look it, tomatillos are not green tomatoes; they are better!

👇Recipe in comments...

07/29/2025

🎉🍺🤩❤️🍺🤩🎉
𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐌𝐘 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘!!!

I'm celebrating THIRTY years of blogging with this amazing dessert cocktail...a Watermelon Moscow Mule Float. The best of both worlds...adding vanilla ice cream to a cocktail made with watermelon, vodka, lime, and ginger beer. Mocktail? Sure...skip the vodka!

The first recipe I put online all those many years ago when I decided to start cataloging the dishes I loved, was one from a local Junior League Cookbook called Colorado Cache. It was a lovely book given to me after moving here and both the recipe and the book remain a favorite.

I don't use the Coors moniker anymore...all those years ago Coors it had a special cache because it wasn't delivered east of the Mississippi River due to its unpasteurized nature and lack of preservatives. This meant the beer had to be kept refrigerated throughout the distribution chain to prevent spoilage.

That's all changed and I like to mix up the beers I use. Still, I love to recommend it...if you haven't tried beer bread, this is an old fashioned standard that has never failed me. It's not just quick, it's a taste treat!

Thirty years...maybe I should retire? But but...what about those four hundred recipes in draft that I want to make? I'll be here awhile...Cheers! :)

Recipe links in comments.
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07/26/2025

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐭𝐨

Day 8 of all Watermelon with drinks, appetizer, salad, and tomorrow a dessert!

Today it's a Watermelon Mint Mojito. I don't trust Watermelon until this time of year; any jump-start using those that are shipped in always leads to disappointment with lackluster fruit. But now...local melons so deeply red and so sweet...perfect!

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
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07/24/2025

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥
My 6th day of all Watermelon! It is a favorite but when I went to publish a new post I realized all of the older ones looked meh and needed some editing.

This is day six...and I'll never forget the inspiration. A lunch date at Chili's and a very poor representation of watermelon in a margarita...this is so much better! 😋

Recipe link in first comment!

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