"spring fever" news and stories

Note: just because this has "Easter Egg" in the title doesn't mean it's for the kids.

This Sunday is Easter, and that means chocolate bunnies and marshmallow rabbits for the children (and for adults who like chocolate bunnies and marshmallow rabbits). Here's a cocktail for Saturday night (if you have kids and can get them to bed or get a babysitter) or for Sunday (if you don't have kids), the Easter Egg Cocktail. It's made with blue curacao, white creme de cacao, and half and half.

Oh, Slashfood friends, I have Spring Fever. Normally, I don't get such a thing because I live in southern California where it is perpetually Springtime -- or at the very worst, a mild autumn. But it's been unusually chilly and gray here in LA and I am ready for sunshine,warmth, frolicking in the garden, and of course, all the delicious foods that come with Spring.

Apparently, Sarah Miller, who blogs over at Food & Paper, has got Spring Fever, too, and made this gorgeous Tagliatelle with Chive Oil, which she adapted from a recipe in the April 2007 issue of Saveur Magazine. It's a simple recipe, really, using dried tagliatelle, crimini mushrooms, and fresh chives, but that's exactly why it's so wonderful -- a simpe recipe that shows off the beautiful simplicity of the ingredients!

[via: TasteSpotting]