Mango makes the best tea! I’ve had fresh mango in salads and mango salsa, but to me, the best way to enjoy Mango is in fresh iced tea! It’s one of the flavors I use for iced tea in the summer when I prefer something fruity. Sometimes, I mix it with peach or apricot or […]
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When I saw that Lollipop Day was one of the National “holidays” for July, I knew I had to write about it. I went and emptied my purse and found that I had four lollipops in there. A raspberry Tootsie-pop, a cream soda Dum-Dum and a couple of other basic cherry-flavored pops. I always carry
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Nice that National Cherry Day falls during cherry season. I’ve been picking up a few cherries every time I go grocery shopping since the season is so short. I prefer the dark Bing cherries. But I also enjoy cherry pie, cherry tarts, dried cherries, cherry nut ice cream . . . I like cherries. On
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I would’ve guessed National Pecan Pie Day would take place around the Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays because that’s generally when I eat pecan pie. Though I’ve never attempted to make one, it’s one of my favorite holiday pies. The rest of my family doesn’t care for it. So, I often choose to take one for
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It’s National Seven-Eleven Day! This day is very special to me because it’s my son’s birthday. A memorable day for sure! I had kind of wished he’d be born on the 12th of July, because our daughter’s birthday and our wedding anniversary are both on March 12. Thought it would be nice continuity. But Seven-Eleven
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Here’s a fun day! I do enjoy an occasional Pina Colada. It’s a refreshing summer drink. But I also like other fruity beverages and white sangria for summer. What’s your go-to summer beverage? Darlene Delucadarlenedeluca.com/
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To me, sugar cookies not only taste good, but they are the most versatile of cookies. I make cut out frosted sugar cookies for almost every holiday and a lot of special occasion–from bridal showers to the Super Bowl! The cookies can be cut in just about any shape and frosted to match any color
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It’s World Chocolate Day! A perfect day to talk about the chocolate I sampled this past week in Paris and Barcelona. I bought a box of fancy chocolates from a shop at the Louvre and enjoyed them with champagne on the lawn of the Eiffel Tower and must have stepped into five or six different
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Hello, June! The calendar has turned to a new month and brings the unofficial start to summer. With that in mind, the authors who run Of Books and Nooks decided to choose a theme of Summer Heat for our posts during the month of June. Bringing the heat can refer to almost anything that relates
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On one of the spring vacations my family took, we were in a gift shop full of tchotchkes. Neither my husband nor I am fond of tchotchkes, and I was ready to move on. Nothing in the store looked interesting to me. But our children wanted to browse, to find some small mementoes to take home from
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