A familiar staple on many bar and restaurant menus, the Irish Coffee has its roots in Ireland, created at an airport in western Ireland as a warmer for a group of chilly travelers in the late 1940s. Today, many bartenders, both pros and at-home amateurs, make the mistake of dousing it with heavy doses of sugar and cream. In this recipe, we take it easy, letting the liqueur and coffee stand front and center. More

After baking up a batch I realized that there was nothing embarrassing about these cookies, save for their unfortunate name. The dough is not that different from the Toll House version, just a bit more brown sugar and less white. The cacao nibs and ground coffee lend a wonderfully adult bitter richness. And the extended chill in the fridge makes for cookies that are nice and crunchy on the outside, but chewy and just underdone enough in the center to make them a guilty pleasure. More

The Adult Brownie from the Bay Area-based supermarket chain Andronico's doesn't contain alcohol, tobacco, or any other "adult" ingredients. It's just a super dense, fudgy chocolate brick spiked with sea salt and coffee. And it's incredibly addictive. More

I set out to make Lex's Roast Chicken with Bacon and Spicy Coffee Rub from Ari Weinzweig's Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon a few days after Labor Day weekend. The weather had cooled down to the point where I was... More

Editor's note: On Thursdays, Babbo pastry chef Gina DePalma checks in with Seriously Italian. After a stint in Rome, she's back in the States, channeling her inner Italian spirit via recipes and intel on delicious Italian eats. Take it away,... More

Named for the mainland coast of the old Spanish empire along the Caribbean, the Spanish Main brings together an ingredient from the old country: Licor 43, a Spanish liqueur flavored with a number of botanicals, most prominently vanilla, with two from the New World--a rich dark rum from Guatamala, and a smooth bolt of black coffee or espresso. More