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NYC’s Prohibition Bakery Turns Cocktails Into Cupcakes

23 Wednesday Oct 2013

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Prohibition Bakery might be the only cupcake shop where you’re required to show I.D. before enjoying a sweet treat.

That’s because all the cupcakes are flavored like your favorite cocktails, and yes — there’s real alcohol in the frosting and filling. With flavors like Old Fashioned, White Russian and Margarita, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ve stumbled into your local bar instead of this cute New York City bakeshop. And the bakery caters weddings, so if traditional white wedding cake isn’t your thing, you can serve your guests your favorite drink as a cupcake instead.

HuffPost Weddings spoke with Leslie Feinberg and Brooke Siem, the masterminds behind Prohibition Bakery, about how they developed their boozy flavors and if it’s possible to actually get drunk off these cupcakes.

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Hidden Fast Food Finds

08 Monday Apr 2013

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When you’re super busy, or just super hungry, sometimes it feels impossible to ignore the neon lights of the nearest fast food joint. But when you do find yourself pulling up to the drive-thru, is there anything to order that actually has some nutritional value?

Well, we all know there isn’t much healthy fare on the menu at most fast food joints. But believe it or not, there are some good-for-you dishes to be found — off the menu. Fast food restaurants may not want you to know about these tasty, healthy items, but ask for them and you shall receive. Check out these healthier fast food options that aren’t on the menu.

Stay skinny for Santa: How to keep off the holiday pounds

06 Wednesday Mar 2013

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It’s as much of a holiday tradition as dreaming about Colin Firth in Love Actually: that post-holiday freak-out when you realize just how many times you went back for seconds at all those parties and potlucks. Um, could you ever turn down another helping of your grandma’s famous stuffing? Didn’t think so!

But get this: The holiday season doesn’t have to wreak havoc on your waistline! Rowdy Yates, fitness manager at Crunch Gyms, let us in on the secrets to staying trim despite those holiday temptations.

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Davis Beer Shoppe now on tap

18 Monday Feb 2013

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It’s 2 p.m. on a Friday and the bars of downtown Davis are, for the most part, quiet. But at the new Davis Beer Shoppe on G Street, a steady stream of customers strolls up to the wide wood counter to order a pint, which they sip leisurely to the tune of Irish folk music.

Owner Taylor Ramos keeps an eye on the proceedings, appropriately distracted for a guy who just opened the shop in March and found himself with a near immediate fan base.

“Right now we’re just trying to get what we have under control,” Ramos said in between greeting customers.

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Denny’s wedding chapel opens in Las Vegas

17 Sunday Feb 2013

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At the newly-opened Denny’s restaurant in Las Vegas, diners can have their cake and eat it, too — their “Pancake Puppies” wedding cake, that is.

The Vegas location will be the first Denny’s to include a wedding chapel, meaning guests can get married and hold a wedding reception inside the restaurant. Couples will be able to tie the knot in the first quarter of 2013, Denny’s Chief Marketing Officer Frances Allen told HuffPost Weddings. Though the chapel will be a first for the company, it won’t be the first time people have gotten married in a Denny’s restaurant.

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