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A bottle of homemade grenadine, or pomegranate simple syrup, sits on a plate surrounded by pomegranate fruits.

Pomegranate Simple Syrup (Homemade Grenadine Syrup)

A small dish is full of homemade vanilla bean sugar with vanilla beans off to the left of the plate. A small spoon holds a bit of vanilla sugar in the center of the plate.

How to Make Vanilla Sugar (Homemade Vanilla Bean Sugar)

A classic espresso martini with vanilla vodka sits on a coaster.

Vanilla Vodka Espresso Martini (Classic Espresso Martini + Blender Recipe)

Pouring vanilla bean vodka over a large ice sphere. Multiple aged bottles of vanilla infused vodka sit in the background.

Homemade Vanilla Infused Vodka (Vanilla Bean Vodka)

A dark and stormy mocktail sits on a counutertop with a bottle of non-alcoholic bitters, ginger beer, and a bottle of rum alternative spirit in the background.

Mocktails 101: The Difference Between Mocktails and Cocktails

A jar of homemade cranberry jam sits on wooden coasters, with cranberries in the foreground and background, and some toast spread with the fresh cranberry jam to the left of the jar.

Homemade Cranberry Jam (with Fresh or Frozen Cranberries)

A small jar is filled with honey French dressing with honey and shallot to the side of the jar and a side salad in the background.

Honey French Dressing (Easy Shallot Salad Dressing)

Two glasses of homemade Peeps soda pop sit on a counter.

Homemade Peeps Soda Pop (with Peeps Simple Syrup)

A feature image for a post about blood oranges and recipes using blood oranges.

All About Blood Oranges: Facts and Recipes with Blood Orange

A glass of homemade Italian limoncello liqueur is in a small cocktail glass on a coaster with a bottle of the limoncello in the background.

Homemade Italian Limoncello Liqueur (DIY 30-Day Limoncello)

A bottle of simple syrup made with Peeps marshmallow candies is surrounded by Peeps on a countertop.

Peeps Simple Syrup (Easy Peeps Candy Syrup)

Cherry tomato and garlic confit in a jar with a spoon in it.

Cherry Tomato Garlic Confit (Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Garlic)

Three pastel peeps martinis sit on a countertop.

Vodka PeepTini Cocktail (Fun Peeps Martini Recipe)

A small bowl of cherry tomato sauce garnished with fresh basil is in a small bowl, surrounded by fresh ingredients.

Cherry Tomato Sauce (Easy Sauce for Pasta or Pizza)

A big batch Aperol spritz pitcher recipe.

Big Batch Aperol Spritz (Pitcher Italian Cocktail)

Two Aperol spritzes are on a blue kitchen countertop.

Classic Aperol Spritz Cocktail (Easy 3-2-1 Recipe)

A variety of sparkling waters are on a countertop, with a plain sparkling water being poured into a glass of ice.

Difference Between Sparkling, Seltzer, and Soda Water

A small bottle of Peeps vodka, plain vodka that has been infused with marshmallow Peeps candy, sits on a rattan coaster with a Peeps candy in front of it.

Peeps Vodka (Peeps Infused Vodka)

Oven baked burrata dip garnished with fresh basil.

Pizza Burrata Dip with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

A small jar of Italian olive oil and herb marinated mozzarella sits on a plate surrounded by crostino crackers and fresh herbs.

Italian Olive Oil and Fresh Herb Marinated Mozzarella Balls

A bottle of Aperol Italian Aperitivo liqueur sits behind a small tasting glass of the liqueur.

What is Aperol? All About the Classic Italian Aperitivo

Different types of sugars are scattered on a countertop.

All About Sugar: Different Types of Sugar for Cooking & Baking

A finished plate of crostini crackers sits on a cutting board ready to be served.

Sourdough Crostini Crackers (Easy Italian Crostino Recipe)

A classic silver margarita sits on a countertop with the ingredients used to make the cocktail in the background and foreground.

Classic Silver Tequila Margarita (Tequila Blanco Margarita)

A bottle of agave simple syrup sits on a small dish on a cutting board. A bottle of agave nectar is in the background.

Agave Simple Syrup (Easy Agave Syrup for Drinks)

Home bar essentials, including liquor, glassware, bar tools, and cocktail-making ingredients, sit on a kitchen countertop.

Home Bar Essentials: How to Stock a Home Bar

A blueberry latte is garnished with a cocktail pick of blueberries. Blueberries are scattered around the frame.

Blueberry Latte Recipe (Coffee with Blueberry Syrup)

A burrata caprese salad is on a large oval platter. It's made of multiple kinds of tomatoes, including heirloom tomatoes and cherry tomatoes, and it is garnished with fresh basil.

Burrata Caprese Salad (Easy Tomato and Burrata Salad)

A feature image collage for a roundup style blog post featuring recipes for tropical summer fruit simple syrups.

Top Tropical Syrup Recipes for Summer Drinks

A bottle of starfruit infused rum sits on a cutting board surrounded by starfruit, with a bottle of rum in the background.

Starfruit Infused Rum (Tropical Carambola Fruit Rum)

A feature image collage for a roundup-style blog post featuring recipes for homemade liquor infusions.

How to Make Infused Liquor (Infused Liquor Recipes)

A stack of blood orange ice cubes sits on a wooden cutting board.

Blood Orange Ice Cubes (Seasonal Orange Ice Cubes)

A feature image collage for a roundup style blog post featuring recipes for infused simple syrups.

How to Make Infused Simple Syrup (Easy Simple Syrup Recipes)

A small bottle of freshly made passion fruit puree sits on a wooden cutting board surrounded by fruits.

How to Make Passion Fruit Puree (Fresh Lilikoi Puree)

A glass of homemade blood orange liqueur, also called arancello rossa, sits in a cocktail glass next to a small pile of oranges. There is a bottle of the liqueur in the background.

Homemade Blood Orange Liqueur (Sicilian Arancello Rossa)

Two blood orange daiquiri cocktails sit on rattan coasters on a stone serving board.

Blood Orange Daiquiri (with Blood Orange Syrup and Rum)

Dehydrated blood oranges, or dried blood orange slices, are spilling out of a bowl onto a cutting board and countertop.

Dried Blood Oranges (Dehydrated Blood Orange Garnish)

A bottle of freshly squeezed blood orange juice sits on a wooden cutting board with blood oranges in the background.

Fresh Squeezed Blood Orange Juice (Seasonal Citrus Juice)

A feature image collage for a roundup style blog post featuring recipes for pumpkin drinks.

Pumpkin Mocktails and Pumpkin Cocktails for Fall

A bottle of Giffard Creme de Mure sits on a countertop, with a glass of the blackberry liqueur in the foreground.

All About Creme de Mure (Créme de Mûre Cocktails)