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This recipe won’t yield the 26-ounce Hurricane concoction that Spring Breakers stumble around with on Bourbon Street, but a smaller (yet still dangerously and deceptively potent) cocktail. What to buy: Torani makes a passion fruit syrup that’s pretty widely available. For appetizer and dinner inspiration, see our collection of Mardi Gras recipes.

Also known as chrucsiki or angel wings, learn how to make this simple traditional dessert today!

This easy recipe teaches how to make the best homemade Italian Meringue, a classic preparation for cakes, desserts, and pastries. Don't miss it!

Learn to make these traditional Jewish cookies in just a few steps!

A recipe for mini muffins filled with chocolate! Learn how to make them bakery-style.

Martin Cate of Smuggler’s Cove in San Francisco uses a Collins glass for this tropical classic, and garnishes it with a sprig of mint and a wheel of lime. Like the many maligned Mai Tai recipes floating about in the cocktail ether, the originator of this tiki classic has been muddied, with accounts naming Don the Beachcomber and others fingering his rival, Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron. Either way, Vic’s version is the one that lingers as the canonical formula.

Lamb salad is healthy and quick to cook. With this easy recipe, learn how to make lamb salad.

Frothy, cinnamon-scented Mexican hot chocolate is delicious for breakfast (with or without churros for dunking) or on chilly evenings before bedtime. If you’d like to skip the milk, go ahead and substitute the same volume of water.

This easy recipe teaches how to make the best homemade Stuffed Easter Eggs. Don't miss it!

Make more fun your ice cream at home with this easy sprinkles recipe. Don't miss it!

Knocking back a glass of Pisco Punch is a boozy part of San Francisco’s history. This potent cocktail traces back to the 1890s, when a bartender named Duncan Nicol invented it in SF. This recipe, adapted from San Francisco bartender and Small Hand Foods proprietor Jennifer Colliau, is an easy three-ingredient drink to mix: Simply shake pisco, lemon juice, and pineapple gum syrup together and serve with a pineapple wedge if you’re feeling fancy.

This light, delicate cocktail combines the dry, salty flavor of manzanilla sherry with herbaceous gin and floral elderflower liqueur. Stir together a few of these for guests as an elegant after-dinner drink. What to buy: Manzanilla sherry, made in the coastal town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda in southern Spain, is a very dry sherry with a touch of saltiness from the sea. You can find it in the wine section of well-stocked grocery or liquor stores or online.