Remember the days when cookbooks weren't so readily available, and you or your mother relied on only one or two different cookbooks for cooking all of your family's meals? I still have my mother's old cookbooks, as well as my grandmother's. Each one is worn from age and use--if you flip through the tattered pages it is obvious which recipes were turned to time and time again. These cookbooks will always number among my most precious treasures.

When our mothers wanted to try new recipes, they most likely didn't run out and buy new cookbooks. They often didn't have the extra money to spend, and often there weren't very many to choose from. So where did they get new recipes? From each other.

When I was a child I remember my mother exchanging r My Mother's Recipe Box Recipe

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Sangria Blanca

by News Canada

1 orange, sliced

1 lemon, sliced

6 tbsp (90 mL) orange liqueur

2 tbsp (30 mL) sugar

1 cup (250 mL) Ocean Spray® White Cranberry Cocktail

1 cup (250 mL) white wine

Sliced citrus fruit and strawberries

Place orange and lemon slices in a large bowl. Add orange liqueur and sugar. Mash and stir with a wooden spoon to release juices and dissolve sugar. Add white cranberry cocktail and wine. Remove fruit slices from mixture, squeezing to release all the juices. Serve in large glasses filled with White Cranberry Rocks* or ice cubes, slices of citrus fruit and strawberries. Makes 4 servings.

* White Cranberry Rocks: Fill plastic ice cube trays with Ocean Spray® White Cranberry Cocktail. Freeze. Unmold and store in a plastic ba Sangria Blanca Recipe

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Coffee Cupping For The Fun Of It

by Gary Gresham

Coffee cupping is a method to compare the different characteristics of a coffee bean. Cupping lets us compare different coffees against each other to evaluate the uniqueness between them. This information can give us a better understanding of each different region and their basic tastes.

Having a coffee cupping party at home is a great way to socialize and enjoy coffee while evaluating and sharing thoughts on the different blends. It can be fun and a sense of adventure discovering flavors and nuances you never thought existed in a cup of coffee.

Gather some coffee lovers together with a small cupping supply and let the fun begin.

Coffee cupping is not difficult and will take some practice and patience but the reward will give you i Coffee Cupping For The Fun Of It Recipe

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