Memorial Day: Patriotic Berry Trifle

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Patriotic Berry Trifle is a cool dessert made with fresh strawberries, blueberries, homemade whipped cream and melt-in-your-mouth angel food cake. The colorful red, white and blue theme help create a sweet dish for the holiday!

Tip: Trifles can be made with almost any summer fruit(berries, melons and grapes)! They make the best centerpieces. Place one(or maybe two) in the center of the table. It'll take your barbecue to the next level!

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Mother's Day: Egg White Frittata

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To make Egg White Frittata you'll need eggs, pancetta, fresh vegetables and seasonings. Once you have prepared all ingredients in a cast iron skillet, place in preheated oven. In 25 to 30 minutes you'll have a delicious dish to serve for breakfast...or brunch!

Happy Mother's Day to all of our DSE readers who are mothers!

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Peepin' It Real Cocktail

Peepin' It Real Cocktail made with Marshmallow Peeps. Photo: Cooking Channel

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You can find Marshmallow Peeps in the candy aisle at your local store during the holidays, mainly Easter. They come in several shapes, colors and flavors, and they can be used in a few different recipes. Here's one way I never thought about, but you may like to try it this weekend.

Peepin' It Real is a cocktail made with Marshmallow Peeps, Absinthe, Blue Curacao, grenadine and cherries for garnishing. 

Please drink responsibly!

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Sugar Bunnies

Sugar Bunnies with satin ribbon decoration. Photo: Martha Stewart

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Sugar Bunnies are sweet treats the whole family(and guest) will love to munch on Easter Sunday!

To make these cookies, you'll need a bunny shaped cookie cutter(or any festival shape cutter), baking sheets, flour, sugar, unsalted butter and one egg.

Sprinkles, colored sugar(sugar with food coloring), icing, melted chocolate and candy pieces are some of the fun ways you can decorate sugar cookies.

An Easter basket treat idea(for boy or girl)!

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Easter Basket Ideas

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You don't have buy store made baskets for your kids for Easter. You can buy baskets from the local craft store, then load them up with all the candy treats, toys and fairytale books your child would love the Easter bunny to bring him or her on Sunday.

Here are some ideas to get you started.

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Peep Cake

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It wouldn't be Easter Sunday without peeps! 

After you've made this cake that resemble the popular marshmallow candy for the your dessert table for the holiday you'll be glad you took the time to make it.

Some of the ingredients needed are cake mix, unsalted butter, chocolate disks and food coloring, including a 9X13" cake pan, a 1-quart and 2 1/2-ovenproof bowl.

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Irish Soda Bread

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In one hour you can have warm Irish Soda Bread on your dinner table.  Just in time for the St. Patrick's Day Celebration!

First preheat your oven at 400 degrees.

Combine flour, sugar, buttermilk, butter, currants and a few other ingredients in a mixing bowl.

Place shaped dough into a cast iron-skillet(or a sheet tray), then bake in the oven for 40 minutes. 

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St. Patrick's Day Appetizer: Spinach-Pesto Ravioli

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Spinach-Pesto Ravioli is fried spinach ravioli dipped in pesto sauce.

They're delicious, fun to eat.. and most importantly easy to prepare on St. Patrick's Day!

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The 1st Baby Born on New Year's Day 2012 in NYC

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Rania Ali was the 1st baby born on New Year's Day in New York City.

The proud parents from the Bronx welcomed her at midnight at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

She weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces(18 and a half inches long).

Congratulation!

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REWIND: Nancy Wilson - 'What are you doing New Year's Eve?'

'What are you doing New Year's Eve?' is a classic holiday song by the super talented Nancy Wilson.

Holiday Cocktails

Lychee Martinis(for the recipe click on image...). Photo: Martha Stewart

Ring in the New Year with stylish cocktails.

Here are a few cocktail ideas that'll make your holiday party special.

Please drink responsibly!

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Thief Caught on Camera Stealing A Christmas Tree

A thief was caught on camera stealing a Christmas tree from the front door of a local business on Staten Island(NY).

While smoking a cigarette, he unplugged the lit tree.

He then walked away with it.

Unbelievable!

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Holiday Tips: Designing a Home Bar - Glassware and Liquor

Here are a few tips on designing a home bar from what type of glassware to use to stocking liquor.

Please drink responsibly!

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The Harlem Meer Christmas Tree

Northern Central Park has a rich history. The Harlem Meer sits at the top of the park, in the northeast corner, and this year, for the first time, a Christmas tree is floating through its waters.

If you're not familiar... become.

It's Harlem baby!

Zach and Donald Holiday Video - "Baby It's Cold Outside"

A "Happy Holidays Video" from Zach Braff and Donald Faison.

Braff and Faison perform their rendition of the winter classic from the Hollywood Hills, overlooking "sunny Los Angeles" while singing about cold, snowy winter weather... replete with Christmas tree to the right.

Faison has some shower singing skills - dude even tried to hit the high note... keep trying. Stab.