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Along with the many, many foodie celebrations often appears a beverage celebration. Each beverage can be enjoyed along with a meal...breakfast, lunch, dinner, during an afternoon break, as an evening pick-me-up or a relaxing nightcap. Of course, its selection depends entirely upon the occasion. There are even those times when that beverage of choice provides a means of escape.

Really interesting though is the fact that most, if not all, somehow, somewhere end up in a tasty recipe. Are you ready to escape?

July 10 is...

National Piña Colada Day

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/07/recipes-for-national-pina-colada-day/

Piña Fria has music in its name; two fingers of cold fresh pineapple juice are blended with one and one-half ounces of white Puerto Rican rum and a half teaspoon of sugar. Shake with fine ice; strain into a champagne glass. [Source: History of Pina Colada]

The earliest known story states that in the 19th century, Puerto Rican pirate Roberto Cofresí, to boost his crew's morale, gave them a beverage or cocktail that contained coconut, pineapple and white rum. This was what would be later known as the famous piña colada. [Source: wikipedia.org]