Try this early Girl Scout Cookie^® recipe! Courtesy of Girlscouts.org

Chocolate Mint, also known as Mint Chocolate is a sweet foodie favorite. It is created when mint flavoring (peppermint, spearmint, or crème de menthe) is added to plain chocolate.  Herb enthusiast may also be familiar with the Chocolate Mint herb that both tastes and smells like a combination of chocolate and mint.

Flan is a favorite of our logo designer Leo Cortez.  It is an ultimate comfort dessert.  This goes out to all the flan lovers out there.

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 (9 inch) deep dish pie crust
6 apples – peeled, cored and chopped
1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries, roughly chopped
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/3 cup quick-cooking tapioca
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup unsalted butter
1 egg, lightly beaten

After much deliberation, I have chosen to give in to naming this recipe “Love at First Pie”. One day I was walking by with this golden pie in hand and noticed someone was following me.  I turned around.  He was sort of cute and he asked, “What do you have there?” Perplexed by this moment I simply answered, “Eggnog custard pie”. With hearts in our eyes, it would become

After much deliberation, I have chosen to give in to naming this recipe “Love at First Pie”. One day I was walking by with this golden pie in hand and noticed someone was following me.  I turned around.  He was sort of cute and he asked, “What do you have there?” Perplexed by this moment I simply answered, “Eggnog custard pie”. With hearts in our eyes, it would become

A popular expression is, ” as American as apple pie.”  However, if one wants to become more specific about the African American cultural group then it might be fair to say, “as African American as sweet potato pie.”  I have quite a few African American friends who do not like the pie but truthfully most that I know love it.  My family has a multi-generational recipe that I am not allowed to give out or punishable by death by my mother.  Tough luck getting Southerners of the U.S.A to give up family secrets.

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 (9 inch) deep dish pie crust
6 apples – peeled, cored and chopped
1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries, roughly chopped
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/3 cup quick-cooking tapioca
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup unsalted butter
1 egg, lightly beaten

The Cambodian New Year generally occurs on April 13th – 15th. Dates for the holiday are sometimes adjusted to fall on a weekend. Also known as Chol Chnam Thmey (entering the New Year), the annual event is celebrated during a three day festival including purification ceremonies, temple offerings, traditional games, and a royal procession. The ceremony is intended to welcome the New Year Spirit Tevada Chhnam Thmey.

What’s green, cold, thick, and elusive? The McDonald’s Shamrock Shake. This green mint flavored treat is whipped up every year from late February to March. Introduced in 1970, the shake was brought to the U.S and Canada by Uncle O’Grimacey- the green Irish uncle of the very purple Grimace.