If you missed out on any of the other free ice cream days, now's your chance! Mark your calendars because next Tuesday (May 15), between 4-8pm, Häagen-Dazs will be giving away free scoops of their new flavors. The two flavors are Cinnamon Dulce de Leche and Sticky Toffee Pudding - both sound great, but there are morsels of brown sugar cake in the Sticky Toffee Pudding! Locate a Häagen-Dazs near you.

So why are they doing this? Well according to Josh Gellert, BranD Manager for Häagen-Dazs,

"When people treat themselves to an ice cream, many stick to old favorites, like chocolate and vanilla, while we admire the 'flavor loyalists' who clearly know what they like, Haagen-Dazs New Flavor Day gives customers an opportunity to venture beyond their usual choices and try one of our newest flavors -- maybe they'll find they have a new favorite!"

Sounds like a good enough reason to me!

Source: PR Newswire - Thanks to Joery for the tip!

Sometimes a decadent dessert doesn't have to be difficult or time-consuming. Take for examples these lovely bananas fosters tartelettes. Oh so yummy. - Tartelette

I've admitted it before, and I'll admit it again, I'm not really a fancy-drink kind of girl. All I need is vodka and tonic and I'm set. However, with that said, I'm trying to expand my drink options and so I always love checking out different recipes online. I found this one over in the Let's Have a Drink group. It's called a Fruji and it was posted by TeamSugar member Shiloh Jolie Pitt. She likes it because it tastes like a pineapple ice block found in New Zealand. Tastes like pineapple and contains vodka? Count me in! To check out the recipe, read more

Shrimp is on my mind today (fyi it's National Shrimp Day) and I keep thinking of the shellfish's most famous big screen moment. Remember the shrimp scene from Forrest Gump where he and Bubba become friends in Vietnam, and Bubba describes his aspirations of opening a shrimp restaurant? This scene not only made every watcher hungry for seafood, but it also sparked a chain of Bubba Gump restaurants around the country. When Bubba is rattling through the list of ways one can cook with shrimp (gumbo, salad, stew, etc) he mentions coconut shrimp and I've got the recipe. You could watch Forrest Gump, make the shrimp dish, and celebrate National Shrimp Day all at the same time!

To watch the clip (seriously it never gets old - I laugh every time) and check out the recipe for coconut shrimp, read more

M&M's aren't exactly what come to mind when you think of a nice unique, Mother's Day gift. But what if, instead of being stamped with an "m" it was stamped with a personalized message instead? This year the M&M's folks are touting their personalized messages as "the perfect gift to bring a fun and heartfelt connection to mom" and it looks like a few folks are biting, including Blair "I've done a bunch of other things, but you probably remember me as Dr. Leeds from Sex and the City" Underwood. This year Blair will be presenting his mom with personalized messages that say "I Love U XO Blair" and "Thank U Mom." Personally, I think it's a pretty cute and I think moms (and just about anyone) will love the idea. Just don't think this means you don't have to get her something else too.

The custom printed M&Ms come in 17 colors (you choose 2), and you can have 2 messages (one on each color) consisting of 2 lines with 8 characters per line. Prices start at $11.99 per 7oz bag, but you have to order at least 4 bags. There are other gift options to choose from as well. And if you don't think mom will love them, how about using them as a wedding favor?

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Apparently Liberace was as extravagant at home as he was on stage. In fact he had seven dining areas in his house, each with a different theme. I guess it makes sense after all, Liberace liked to cook and even has a cookbook to prove it. - Serious Eats

For this week's baking experiment, I wanted to make something out of Heidi Swanson's new book, Super Natural Cooking. There were a few really great sounding recipes, but I wanted to use one that I had most of the ingredients for so I ended up settling on the Raspberry Curd Swirl Cake - only I had strawberries, not raspberries, so I gave that a try instead.

My final cake was actually delicious, unfortunately it didn't really turn out like it was supposed to - quite a few things went wrong, but ultimately they were happy accidents. The butter was supposed to be at room temperature, but it was really hot out that day and mine was at butter-soup temp and wouldn't cream correctly (I shouldn't have even bothered), I took it out of the oven too soon (it was getting late and I was impatient), and I didn't grease the pan properly (should've used a parchment paper sling, like my gut told me to). While it was baking, it looked wonderful, but while it was cooling it completely collapsed. I was pretty devastated, and contemplated rushing out and buying all the ingredients to start over again, but then I tasted it, and it was delicious. It was insanely moist (like bread pudding), the whole-wheat resulted in a delicious loaf, and the smell was amazing. I want to try it again, but I'm almost afraid that it will turn out correctly this time. If you want to check out the recipe and hope for your own happy accidents, read more

Some people believe that eating only vegetables will not fill up the hungriest of manly men. Luckily, I am not one of these people. Sure we all love a great steak every now and then, but eating a vegetable based meal such as a salad can be 100% filling and satisfying. The secret is to load up with LOTS of vegetables and a variety of texture - smooth pasta, crunchy nuts, crisp spinach, squishy tomatoes. The addition of the pasta will create a hearty, healthy, convenient meal that is full of layered flavors. Make this for dinner tonight or to bring on your next picnic and read more

As you might know, I love eggs. I grew up eating a lot of tea & "soy sauce" eggs, and was really thrilled to see that I'm not the only one who thinks they are as beautiful as they are tasty. TeamSugar member haze1nut has cooked up some tea eggs that are almost too pretty to eat. - TeamSugar